| NOUN | communication | West Germanic language, West Germanic | a branch of the Germanic languages |
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| Meaning | A branch of the Germanic languages. | |
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| Synonym | West Germanic | |
| Narrower | Dutch | The West Germanic language of the Netherlands |
| English, English language | An Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch | |
| Frisian | A West Germanic language spoken in Friesland in the northwestern Netherlands | |
| German, High German, German language | The standard German language | |
| Low German, Plattdeutsch | A German dialect spoken in northern Germany | |
| Broader | Germanic, Germanic language | A branch of the Indo-European family of languages |