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West Germanic languages

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Summary

West Germanic languages is a language family[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of language family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,284 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: Germanic languages[3], Northwest Germanic[4]
  • Commons category: West Germanic languages[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:West Germanic languages[6]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C160956[8]
  • Short name: West Germanic[9], Westgermanisch[10]
  • Exact match: http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#WestGermanic[11]

Why It Matters

West Germanic languages has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Archaeology & Language. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · ButterflyOFF · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'ast', 'azb', 'bar', 'bcl', 'be', 'be_x_o
    Pronunciation audio → Kab-Q26721-Tutlayin tiǧermanin tutrimin-ButterflyOFF.ogg
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Pronunciation audio: Kab-Q26721-Tutlayin tiǧermanin tutrimin-ButterflyOFF.ogg, Added pronunciation recorded via Wiki-Say-It! 0.2.10"
  2. 4w ago · Arctic Circle System · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Germanic languages, Northwest Germanic
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: Northwest Germanic"
  3. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i73103
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 06959585-n
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  4. 24w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nci thesaurus id → C160956
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  5. 24w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Umls cui → CL969854
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