Germanic languages

GPTKB entity

Statements (68)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language family
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Proto-Indo-European
gptkbp:dividedInto gptkb:Norse_mythology
gptkb:East_Germanic_languages
North Germanic languages
gptkbp:extinctBranch gptkb:East_Germanic_languages
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 1st millennium BCE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Germanic languages
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Afrikaans
gptkb:German
gptkb:Norwegian
gptkb:Scots
gptkb:Yiddish
gptkb:Frisian
Danish
Dutch
English
Gothic
Icelandic
Swedish
Faroese
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Latin
gptkb:Slavic_languages
gptkb:Celtic_languages
gptkb:Old_Norse
Romance languages
Finnic languages
gptkbp:ISO639-3 gem
gptkbp:language gptkb:Proto-Germanic
gptkbp:linguisticFeature grammatical gender
strong and weak verbs
use of definite and indefinite articles
vowel gradation (ablaut)
gptkbp:notableLanguage gptkb:Afrikaans
gptkb:German
gptkb:Norwegian
gptkb:Yiddish
gptkb:Frisian
Danish
Dutch
English
Gothic
Icelandic
Swedish
Faroese
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers over 500 million
gptkbp:oldestText gptkb:Gothic_Bible
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Iron_Age_Europe
gptkbp:region gptkb:Europe
gptkb:North_America
gptkb:Oceania
gptkb:Southern_Africa
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Indo-European_languages
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus Indo-European, Germanic
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_alphabet
gptkb:Runic_alphabet
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Germanic
gptkb:Hutterite_German
gptkb:Indo-European_languages
gptkb:King
gptkb:Norwegian
gptkb:Old_High_German
gptkb:West_Germanic
gptkb:Yiddish
gptkb:Hochdeutsch
gptkb:Germanisch
gptkb:Indogermanisch
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4