What is West Germanic languages?
{{Infobox language family | name = West Germanic | region = Originally between the [[Rhine]], [[Alps]], [[Elbe]], and [[North Sea]]; today worldwide | familycolor = Indo-European | fam2 = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] | child1 = [[North Sea Germanic]] | child2 = [[Weser-Rhine Germanic]] | child3 = [[Elbe Germanic]] | map = Germanic languages in Europe.png | mapcaption = Extent of Germanic languages in present day Europe<br /> '''North Germanic languages''' {{legend|#00FFFF|[[Icelandic language|Icelandic]]}} {{legend|#00CED1|[[Faroese language|Faroese]]}} {{legend|#007ffe|[[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]}} {{legend|#003f7f|[[Swedish language|Swedish]]}} {{legend|#0000FF|[[Danish language|Danish]]}} '''West Germanic languages''' {{legend|#D2691E|[[Scots language|Scots]]}} {{legend|#ffa500|[[English language|English]]}} {{legend|#E2BD00|[[Frisian languages|Frisian]]}} {{legend|#FFF435|[[Dutch language|Dutch]]}} {{legend|#418824|[[Low German]]}} {{legend|#008000|[[High German languages|High German]]}} Dots indicate areas where [[multilingualism]] is common. | iso5 = gmw | glotto = west2793 | glottorefname = West Germanic | lingua = 52-AB & 52-AC | ancestor = | glottoname = | notes = }} The '''West Germanic Languages''' are a branch of [[Germanic languages]] first spoken in [[Central Europe]] and the [[British Isles]]. The branch has three parts: the [[North Sea Germanic]] languages, the [[Weser-Rhine Germanic]] languages, and the [[Elbe Germanic]] languages. The most spoken languages in the branch are [[English language|English]], [[German language|German]], and [[Dutch language|Dutch]].<ref name=Hawkins>{{cite book|last=Hawkins|first=John A.|chapter=Germanic languages|pages=[https://archive.org/details/worldsmajorlangu00comr/page/68 68]–76|editor=[[Bernard Comrie]]|title=The World's Major Languages|url=https://archive.org/details/worldsmajorlangu00comr|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1987|isbn=0-19-520521-9}}</ref> These languages were spread around the world in the [[Colonial Era]]. English is now spo