The Germanic languages include some 58 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects that originated in Europe; this language family is part of the Indo-European language family. Each subfamily in this list contains subgroups and individual languages. The standard division of Germanic is into three branches: East Germanic languages North Germanic languages West Germanic languages They all descend from Proto-Germanic, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. South Germanic languages, an attempt to classify some of the West Germanic languages into a separate group, is rejected by the overwhelming majority of scholars. † denotes extinct languages. West Germanic Continental West Germanic High German languages Old High German† & Middle High German† Upper German High Franconian East Franconian German South Franconian German Alemannic German Swabian German, including Stuttgart Low Alemannic German, including the area of Lake Constance and Basel German Alsatian Colonia Tovar German Central Alemannic Argentinien-schwyzertütsch Walser German High Alemannic German, including Zürich German and Bernese German Highest Alemannic German, including the Bernese Oberland dialects and Walliser German Bavarian Northern Bavarian (including Nuremberg) Central Bavarian (including Munich and Vienna) Southern Bavarian (including Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, and Bolzano, Italy) Mócheno Cimbrian Central German languages West Central German Amana German Ripuarian Franconian Moselle Franconian Hunsrik Luxembourgish Rhine Franconian Palatine North Hessian Central Hessian East Hessian Pennsylvania German (spoken by the Amish and other groups in southeastern Pennsylvania East Central German Thuringian Upper Saxon North Upper Saxon-South Markish Silesian High Prussian Hutterite German aka "Tirolean" Yiddish (with a significant influx of vocabulary from Hebrew and other languages, and traditionally written in the Hebrew alphabet) Eastern Yiddish Western Yiddish Halcnovian Wymysorys (with a significant influence from Low Saxon, Dutch, Polish, and Scots) Low Franconian languages Old Frankish† Old Low Franconian† Old East Low Franconian† Limburgian Old West Low Franconian† / Old Dutch† Middle Dutch† Modern Dutch West Flemish East Flemish Zeelandic Central Dutch Hollandic Zuid-Gelders Brabantine Brusselian Clevian Stadsfries dialects Afrikaans (with a significant influx of vocabulary from other languages) Low German languages Old Saxon† & Middle Low German† West Low German Northern Low Saxon East Frisian Low Saxon Westphalian Eastphalian East Low German Brandenburgisch Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch Middle Pomeranian East Pomeranian Low Prussian Plautdietsch (Mennonite Low German, used also in many other countries) North-Sea Germanic Anglo-Frisian Old Frisian† Frisian West Frisian languages West Frisian language (spoken in the Netherlands) Clay Frisian (Klaaifrysk) Wood Frisian (Wâldfrysk) Noardhoeks South Frisian (Súdhoeks) Southwest Frisian (Súdwesthoeksk) Schiermonnikoogs Hindeloopers Aasters Westers East Frisian language (spoken in