Anglo-Frisian languages
Categories: West Germanic languages
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The Anglo-Frisian languages (also known as Ingvaeonic languages or North Sea Germanic languages) are a group of West Germanic languages consisting of Old English, Old Frisian, and their descendants. The Anglo-Frisian family tree is:
- Anglo-Frisian
- Anglic languages
- Frisian languages
- West Frisian
- Saterland Frisian (also called East Frisian)
- North Frisian
The Anglo-Frisian languages are distinguished from other West Germanic languages partially by the Anglo-Frisian nasal spirant law and by the palatalization of Proto-Germanic *k to an coronal affricate before front vowels: cf. English cheese and Frisian tsiis to Dutch kaas and German Käse, or English church and Frisian tsjerke to Dutch kerk and German Kirche.