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== Clasificación ==
O alemán estándar moderno é unha [[Linguas xermánicas occidentais|lingua xermánica occidental]] que descende da póla [[Linguas xermánicas|xermánica]] de [[linguas indoeuropeas]]. TheAs Germaniclinguas languagesxermánicas areestán traditionallytradicionalmente subdividedsubdivididas intoen threetres branchespólas: [[NorthLinguas Germanic languagesnórdicas|North Germanicnórdica]], [[EastLinguas Germanicxermánicas languagesorientais|East Germanicoriental]], ande [[WestLinguas Germanicxermánicas languagesoccidentais|West Germanicoccidental]]. TheA firstprimeira ofdestas thesepólas branchessobrevive survivesnas inmodernas modernlinguas [[DanishLingua languagedinamarquesa|Danishdinamarquesa]], [[SwedishLingua languagesueca|Swedishsueca]], [[NorwegianLingua languagenorueguesa|Norwegiannorueguesa]], [[FaroeseLingua languageferoesa|Faroeseferoesa]], ande [[IcelandicLingua languageislandesa|Icelandicislandesa]], all of whichtodas areelas descendeddescedentes fromdo [[OldLingua Norsenórdica antiga|nórdico antigo]]. TheAs Eastlinguas Germanicxermánicas languagesorientais arenon nowexisten extinctno presente, ande theo onlyúnico historicalmembro memberdesta ofpóla thiscon branchtextos fromescritos whichsobreviventes writtené texts survive iso [[GothicLingua languagegótica|Gothicgótico]]. ThePorén, Westas Germaniclinguas languages,xermánicas howeveroccidentais, havetéñense undergonedividido extensivedialectalmente dialectalno subdivisionque andhoxe areson nowos represented in modern languages such asmodernos [[EnglishLingua languageinglesa|Englishinglés]], Germanalemán, [[DutchLingua languageneerlandesa|Dutchneerlandés]], [[YiddishLingua yiddish|yiddish]], [[AfrikaansLingua afrikaans|afrikaans]], ande othersoutros.<ref name=":0">{{CiteCita booklibro|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22811452|titletítulo=Old English and its closest relatives : a survey of the earliest Germanic languages|lastapelido=Robinson|firstnome=Orrin W.|datedata=1992|publishereditorial=Stanford University Press|yearano=|isbn=978-0-8047-2221-6|locationlocalización=Stanford, Calif.|pagespáxinas=16|oclc=22811452}}</ref>
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Within the West Germanic language dialect continuum, the [[Benrath line|Benrath]] and [[Uerdingen line|Uerdingen]] lines (running through [[Düsseldorf]]-[[Düsseldorf-Benrath|Benrath]] and [[Krefeld]]-[[Uerdingen]], respectively) serve to distinguish the Germanic dialects that were affected by the [[High German consonant shift]] (south of Benrath) from those that were not (north of Uerdingen). The various regional dialects spoken south of these lines are grouped as [[High German languages|High German]] dialects ''(nos. 29-34 on the map)'', while those spoken to the north comprise the [[Low German]]/Low Saxon ''(nos. 19-24)'' and [[Low Franconian languages|Low Franconian]] ''(no. 25)'' dialects. As members of the West Germanic language family, High German, Low German, and Low Franconian can be further distinguished historically as [[Irminones|Irminonic]], [[Ingvaeonic languages|Ingvaeonic]], and [[Istvaeones|Istvaeonic]], respectively. This classification indicates their historical descent from dialects spoken by the Irminones (also known as the Elbe group), Ingvaeones (or North Sea Germanic group), and Istvaeones (or Weser-Rhine group).<ref name=":0" />
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