English vs. German - How similar are these West Germanic languages? In this video, we’ll compare 40 words with native speakers of German and English. English and German are both Germanic Languages, and share similar roots in Latin. The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by about 515 million people in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa. This German vs English language challenge is one of many language learning challenges from Language of Earth. Check out our channel to learn more about the languages of our planet. Subscribe to get the latest German vs. English and more linguistics videos. null Follow us on Twitter to learn about upcoming English vs. German videos, and more Germanic Language comparisons. Twitter.com/LanguageofEarth