WestSubgroup of 42 languagesAncestorsIndo-European 455Germanic 49WestDescendants English 3 Frisian 3 High German 20 German 18 Middle German 8 East Middle German 4 West Middle German 4 Moselle Franconian 1 Upper German 9 Alemannic 4 Bavarian-Austrian 4 Yiddish 2 Low Saxon-Low Franconian 16 Low Franconian 5 Low Saxon 11