# Ancient DNA traces origins of English, German and Scandinavian languages

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- Published: 2026-11-04T16:00:24+00:00
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English, German, Dutch and the Scandinavian languages are all members of the Germanic language group, spoken by hundreds of millions of people today. But where did these languages come from?

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