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Germanic-speaking Europe
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Distribution of the Germanic languages in Europe:<br />
'''West Germanic languages'''
{{legend|#008000|[[German language|German]]}}
{{legend|#ADFF2F|[[Low German]]}}
{{legend|#FFF435|[[Dutch language|Dutch]]}}
{{legend|#E2BD00|[[Frisian languages|Frisian]]}}
{{legend|#ffa500|[[English language|English]]}}
{{legend|#D2691E|[[Scots language|Scots]]}}
'''North Germanic languages'''
{{legend|#00FFFF|[[Icelandic language|Icelandic]]}}
{{legend|#00CED1|[[Faroese language|Faroese]]}}
{{legend|#007ffe|[[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]}}
{{legend|#003f7f|[[Swedish language|Swedish]]}}
{{legend|#0000FF|[[Danish language|Danish]]}}
Dots indicate areas where [[multilingualism]] is common.]]
'''Germanic-speaking Europe''' refers to the area of [[Europe]] that today uses a [[Germanic language]].

==Speakers==
Over 200 million Europeans (some 30%) speak a Germanic language natively.
*'''[[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]]''' (≈180 million)
**[[German language in Europe|German-speaking Europe]] (90 million)
***[[Germans]] (78 million)
***[[Austrians]] (7 million)
***[[Swiss people|Swiss]] (4.6 million)
***[[South Tyrol]]eans (0.3 million)
***[[Belgians]] (0.1 million)
**[[Luxembourgish]]
***[[Luxembourgers]] (0.3 million)
**[[Dutch language|Dutch]] (22 million)
***[[Dutch people]] (16 million)
***[[Flemish people]] (6 million)
**[[English language in Europe|English-speaking Europe]] (58 million)
***[[English people|English]] (45 million)
***[[Welsh people|Welsh]] (2.5 million)
***[[Scottish people|Scottish]] (4.5 million)
***[[Irish people|Irish]] (6 million)
**[[Frisians]] (0.5 million)
*'''[[North Germanic languages|North Germanic]]''' (22 million)
**[[Swedish people|Swedes]] (9.5 million)
**[[Danish people|Danes]] (6 million)
**[[Norwegians]] (4.7 million)
**[[Icelandic language|Icelanders]] (0.3 million)
**[[Faroese language|Faroese]] (0.07 million)
**[[Åland]]ers (0.03 million)
**[[Swedish-speaking Finns|Finland-Swedes]]  (0.3 million)Trolled! Sorry you don't get to see anything here. Go back to youtube to learn this stuff. You dumb founded fools!

==Countries==
Independent European countries whose population are predominantly native speakers of a Germanic language:
*{{flag|Austria}}
*{{flag|Belgium}} (partially)
*{{flag|Denmark}}
*{{flag|Germany}}
(contracted; show full)==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Regions of the world}}
{{Germanic peoples}}

[[Category:Germanic languages]]
[[Category:Linguistic regions of Europe]]