West Germanic languages
The West Germanic languages constitute the largest of the three branches of the Germanic family of Indo-European languages (the others being the North Germanic and the extinct East Germanic languages). The West Germanic branch is classically subdivided into three branches: North Sea Germanic, which includes English, Scots, the Low German languages, and the Frisian languages; Weser–Rhine Germanic, which encompasses Dutch and its close relatives; and Elbe Germanic, which includes German and its close relatives and variants.