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Description

West Germanic languages

Dutch (Low Franconian)

Frisian (Anglo-Frisian)

English (Anglo-Frisian)

Scots (Anglo-Frisian)

Low German

Central German (High German)

Upper German (High German)

North Germanic languages

Danish (East Scandinavian)

Swedish (East Scandinavian)

Norwegian (West Scandinavian)

Faroese (West Scandinavian)

Icelandic (West Scandinavian)

Line dividing the North and West Germanic languages

Date

2 July 2007 (original upload date)

Source

Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here. Modified version of

Author

Original uploader and author was Hunef at en.wikipedia

Permission
( Reusing this file)

This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Hunef, at the English Wikipedia project. This applies worldwide.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	18:09, 20 October 2023	1,062 × 1,156 (41 KB)	MartinusK	Removed Swedish from Estonia, barely spoken natively after WW2. Left some dots to signify presence in placenames
	18:37, 21 October 2021	1,062 × 1,156 (54 KB)	Innomé	Reverted to version as of 17:42, 21 October 2021 (UTC) - error with preview or something like that
	18:36, 21 October 2021	1,062 × 1,156 (36 KB)	Innomé	??? wrongly uploaded - see last upload's note
	17:42, 21 October 2021	1,062 × 1,156 (54 KB)	Innomé	France and Italy - no German language is official and those are minorities: putting dots instead.
	05:21, 20 October 2014	1,062 × 1,156 (54 KB)	Fobos92	.
	01:15, 17 October 2014	1,062 × 1,156 (56 KB)	Fobos92	.
	08:10, 11 July 2011	507 × 542 (20 KB)	Che829	Reverted to version as of 06:02, 28 October 2009
	22:54, 10 July 2011	922 × 988 (68 KB)	Fobos92	.
	22:36, 10 July 2011	922 × 988 (68 KB)	Fobos92	.
	13:44, 7 July 2011	922 × 988 (68 KB)	Fobos92	Reverted to version as of 03:30, 9 June 2011