Afrikaans, Dutch, English, Flemish, and German are the more important languages within the West Germanic grouping.

南非荷兰语、荷兰语、英语、佛兰芝语、及德语则属西日耳曼语的几个重要语言。

On the tree of languages, English is west Germanic and it branches off into the Anglo Frisian group.

在语言树形图上，英语是西日耳曼语，它的分支是盎格鲁弗里斯兰语。

Thus, we can say that English belongs to the West Germanic branch of the Indo-European family of languages.

因此，我们可以说英语属于印欧语系的西日耳曼语支。

All these peoples all spoke variations of a West Germanic tongue, similar to modern Frisian, variations that were different but probably close enough to be mutually intelligible.

所有这些人都说西日耳曼语的变体， 类似于现代弗里斯兰语， 这些变体虽然不同但可能足够接近以至于可以相互理解。

West Germanic, the ancestor of Old High German, Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old Low Franconian and others which in turn gave rise to modern German, Dutch, Flemish, Low German, Frisian, Yiddish and, ultimately, English.

西日耳曼语是古高地日耳曼语、古撒克逊语、古弗里斯兰语、古低地弗兰肯语和其他语言的祖先，这些语言又产生了现代德语、荷兰语、佛兰芒语、低地德语、弗里斯兰语、意第绪语，最后是英语。