In german it is usually called deutsche schrift (german script). fraktur was also used for a number of other languages, including finnish, czech, swedish, danish and norwegian. it is still used, to some extent, by speakers of pennsylvania dutch on signs and publicity for businesses.. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called proto-germanic, also known as common germanic, which was spoken in about the middle of the 1st millennium bc in iron age scandinavia. a history of the german language. prospect heights, illinois: waveland press. external links.. German diverged from other germanic languages by a sound change called the high german consonant shift, also known as the second german consonant shift, that occurred in the 3rd-5th centuries and was probably completed by the 9th century ad..
Distribution of the dutch language and its dialects in western europe. (the region called flanders), the dutch word for german, duits, comes from the same origin. the oldest dutch book known is wachtendonckse psalmen which was written in 900.. Dutch language, also called netherlandic or dutch nederlands, in belgium called flemish or flemish vlaams, a west germanic language that is the national language of the netherlands and, with french and german, one of the three official languages of belgium. although speakers of english usually call the language of the netherlands “dutch. The german language (german: deutsch or (die) deutsche sprache) is a west germanic language in the indo-european language family. it is spoken in germany , austria , switzerland , liechtenstein and luxembourg ; natively by around 100 million people..
