English is pretty far from continental western germanic (German, Dutch, ...). Continental western germanic is actually a good example of a group where the dist

English is pretty far from continental western germanic (German, Dutch, ...). Continental western germanic is actually a good example of a group where the distinction between dialect and language is not clear. There's a dialect continuum in the area [1], so you often can't draw clear cut lines what belongs to one language and one to another. - With Low German the question is wether it is an own language or just a dialect of German. - With the three frisian varieties the question is wether they are different languages or just different dialects of Frisian. - Luxemburgish can be considered just a dialect, like the German dialects spoken just behind the border that are essentially the same, or an own language. - Dutch belongs to a dialect group that also spans over wide parts of Germany and Luxembourg [2] - And there are many more things to think about like Afrikaans or Yiddish [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialect_continuum#Continental_West_Germanic_continuum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialect_continuum#Continental_... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franconian_languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franconian_languages