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|name=Anglo-Frisian |altname=Ingvaeonic, North Sea Germanic, Insular Germanic |region=Originally, the North Sea coast from Friesland to Jutland ; today worldwide |familycolor=Indo-European |fam1= Indo-European |fam2= Germanic |fam3= West Germanic |child1= Anglic |child2= Frisian }} The Anglo-Frisian languages (also known as '''Ingvaeonic languages''', '''North Sea Germanic languages''' or sometimes '''Insular Germanic''') are a group of West Germanic Languages consisting of Old English , Old Frisian , and their descendants. The Anglo-Frisian family tree is:
The Anglo-Frisian languages are distinguished from other West Germanic languages partially by the ''kaas'' and German ''Käse'', or English ''church'' and Frisian ''tsjerke'' to Dutch ''kerk'' and German ''Kirche''. Early Anglo-Frisian formed a '' Sprachbund '' with Old Saxon , which is counted among the Low German languages. Note that West Flemish , a dialect of Dutch spoken in the Belgian province of West-Flanders, has also got a great deal of the Ingvaenonic characteristics. |