The East Germanic
languages have been dead for many centuries. Of the old
East Germanic languages only one is well-known –
Gothic
: a vast written document
has come down to us in this language, namely, a translation of the Bible made in the
4
th
c. A.D. by the Gothic bishop Ulfilas from the Greek.
Almost all North Germanic and West Germanic languages have survived until
our own times.
There is one living Germanic language –
Hunsrik
that is uncategorized, not
belonging to either the North or West branch of the family. Hunsrik is a wide-spread
language spoken in Brazil. Originally it derived from a speech variety of Germany
that was later noticeably influenced by Portuguese.
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