East Germanic languages

: Gothic language

North Germanic languages

┗ Proto-Norse language

　┗ Old Norse

　　┣ East Scandinavian

　　┃: Danish language, Swedish language

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　　┗ West Scandinavian

　　　: Norwegian language, Faroese language, Icelandic language

West Germanic languages

┣ Anglo-Frisian languages

┃┗ Anglic languages

┃　: Old English, Middle English, English language, Scots language

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┣ Low German

┃┗ Low Franconian

┃　┣ Dutch language

┃　┃: Afrikaans

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┃　┗ Flemish dialects

┃　　: West Flemish

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┗ High German (German language)

　┃: Old High German

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　┣ Central German

　┃┣ West Central German

　┃┃: Luxembourgish

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　┃┗ Wymysorys language

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　┣ Upper German

　┃┣ Alemannic German

　┃┃: Swiss German

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　┃┗ Bavarian language

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　┗ Yiddish