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East Germanic language

East Germanic languages are a group of Indo-European languages in the Germanic family that were spoken between the Oder and the Vistula rivers in Europe, by a group to tribes generally also called East Germanic. These included the Goths, Vandals, and Burgundians among others. Information is sketchy regarding many East Germanic Languages as all are extinct and only one (Gothic) ever existed in written form. There are however, similarities shared by many North and East Germanic languages to suggest that the migration of the East Germanic tribes from Scandinavia was later (600 - 300 BCE) than the departure of the tribes usually grouped as West Germanic (1000 - 500 BCE).

See also

• West Germanic Languages
• North Germanic Languages

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