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Originally Posted by Seekers
I would say that Germanic is not only a linguistic concept, but primarily ethnic, while an important part of shared Germanic heritage is linguistic. The linguistic meaning of Germanic is contained in the ethnic meaning.
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I concur. I was trying to point out that even
if Germanic-ness is considered only linguistic, it would not apply to individuals who are not members of one of the ethnicities within the Germanic meta-ethnicity.
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Originally Posted by Lutiferre
In a strictly linguistic context, the black girl will indeed be Germanic.
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In that case the term is useless.