Editing Germanic languages (section)

==Classification==<!-- This section is linked from [[American and British English differences]] -->
{{main|List of Germanic languages}}

Note that divisions between and among subfamilies of Germanic are rarely precisely defined; most form continuous clines, with adjacent [[variety (linguistics)|varieties]] being mutually intelligible and more separated ones not. Within the Germanic language family are [[East Germanic]], [[West Germanic]], and [[North Germanic]]. However, East Germanic languages became extinct several centuries ago.{{When|date=July 2022}}

[[File:Germanic Languages Map Europe.png|thumb|upright=1.35|right|Germanic languages and main dialect groups]]
All living Germanic languages belong either to the [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] or to the [[North Germanic languages|North Germanic]] branch.
The West Germanic group is the larger by far, further subdivided into [[Anglo-Frisian]] on one hand and [[Continental West Germanic]] on the other. Anglo-Frisian notably includes English and all its [[English language|variants]], while Continental West Germanic includes German ([[Standard German|standard register]] and [[German dialects|dialects]]), as well as Dutch ([[Standard Dutch|standard register]] and [[Dutch dialects|dialects]]). East Germanic includes most notably the extinct Gothic and Crimean Gothic languages.

Modern classification looks like this. For a full classification, see [[List of Germanic languages]].

{{tree list}}
* '''Germanic'''
** [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]]
*** [[High German languages]] (includes [[Standard German]] and [[German dialects|its dialects]])
**** [[Upper German]]
***** [[Alemannic German]] (includes [[Alsatian dialect|Alsatian]] and [[Swiss German]])
***** [[Bavarian language|Bavarian]]
****** [[Mòcheno language]]
****** [[Cimbrian language|Cimbrian]]
****** [[Hutterite German]]
**** [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]]
**** [[High Franconian]] (a transitional dialect between Upper and Central German)
**** [[Central German]]
***** [[East Central German]]
****** [[Wymysorys language|Wymysorys]]
***** [[West Central German]]
****** [[Luxembourgish language|Luxembourgish]]
****** [[Pennsylvania Dutch language|Pennsylvania Dutch]]
****** [[Hunsrik language|Hunsrik]]
*** [[Low German]]
**** [[West Low German]]
**** [[East Low German]]
**** [[Plautdietsch]] (Mennonite Low German)
*** [[Low Franconian languages|Low Franconian]]
**** [[Dutch language|Dutch]] and [[Dutch dialects|its dialects]]
**** [[Afrikaans]] (a separate [[standard language]])
**** [[Limburgish language|Limburgish]] (an [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages|official minority *language]])
*** [[Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo-Frisian]]
**** [[Anglic languages|Anglic]] (or English)
***** [[English language|English]] and [[English dialects|its dialects]]
***** [[Scots language|Scots]] in Scotland and [[Ulster]]
**** [[Frisian languages|Frisian]]
*****[[West Frisian language|West Frisian]]
*****[[East Frisian language|East Frisian]]
******[[Saterland Frisian language|Saterland Frisian]] (last remaining dialect of East Frisian)
*****[[North Frisian language|North Frisian]]
** [[North Germanic languages|North Germanic]]
*** West Scandinavian
**** [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] (of Western branch origin, but heavily influenced by the Eastern branch)
**** [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]]
**** [[Faroese language|Faroese]]
**** [[Elfdalian language|Elfdalian]]
*** East Scandinavian
**** [[Danish language|Danish]]
**** [[Swedish language|Swedish]]
***** [[Dalecarlian dialects]]
*** [[Modern Gutnish|Gutnish]]
** [[East Germanic languages|East Germanic]] 
*** [[Gothic language|Gothic]] {{extinct}}
*** [[Burgundian language (Germanic)|Burgundian]] {{extinct}}
*** [[Vandalic language|Vandalic]] {{extinct}}
*** [[Crimean Gothic]] {{extinct}}
{{tree list/end}}