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German is the language spoken in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. It is has had several different stages and different dialects. | German is the language spoken in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. It is has had several different stages and different dialects. | ||
German and its variations and offshoots are all [[West Germanic]] languages. | German and its variations and offshoots are all [[West Germanic]] languages, in the larger group of [[Germanic]]. | ||
=List of German Dialects, Forms, and Offshots= | =List of German Dialects, Forms, and Offshots= |
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German is the language spoken in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. It is has had several different stages and different dialects.
German and its variations and offshoots are all West Germanic languages, in the larger group of Germanic.
List of German Dialects, Forms, and Offshots
- High German (Standard German)
- Upper German
- Alemannic
- Bavarian
- Low German (Also known as Flat German or Low Saxon)
- Old Saxon (Old Low German)
- Middle Low German
- Varation of Low German Dutch and Afrikaans