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Language code: gem

Technical information about ISO 639 language code gem

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The table below provides technical details for the Germanic languages language, designated by the gem code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

gem

Name

Germanic languages

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
West GermanicNorth GermanicEast Germanic (extinct)
Related languages
Italic (Romance)CelticBalto-SlavicIndo-Iranian
Key facts
All Germanic languages descend from reconstructed Proto-GermanicThey share hallmark consonant shifts described by Grimm’s and Verner’s lawsVocabulary shows a high proportion of native strong and weak verbsThe East Germanic branch (e.g., Gothic) is entirely extinct but preserved in a 4th-century Bible translationThe earliest attestations of Germanic speech use the Elder Futhark runic script.
Sample phrase

Hālō, hū bist þū?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Germanic languages language, identified by the code gem, falls under the 'Collective' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Genetic' by its type.

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