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Languages similar to German are the other germanic languages, namely: Danish, Dutch, English (and Scotts), Frisian, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish. Also, Luxembourgish is sometimes considered a separate language.


The modern germanic languages are divided in two categories, the North Germanic and the west Germanic branches. North Germanic are the scandinavian languages (Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish) and West Germanic are Dutch, English, Frisian and German; wich means that Englsih itself is one of the closest languages to German!


Also, Germany (and the other German speaking countries) have lots of dialects (regional languages) wich range in proximty to the other germanic languages. Standart German is considered part of the High German languages, wich means the ones developed in the high lands closer to the Alps, those languages are somewhat more distant to Englsih, Dutch, etc. The northern dialects (usually called Low German or Low Saxon) are much closer to Dutch, wich is usually considered an intermediate between German and Englsh.

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German is most closely related to other Germanic languages such as English, Dutch, and Swedish. It also shares similarities with other Indo-European languages due to historical influences and borrowings.

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