Anglo-Frisian dialects

E3668
West Germanic dialect continuum dialect group

Anglo-Frisian dialects are a group of closely related West Germanic speech varieties historically spoken in parts of England and Frisia that formed the linguistic basis for modern English and Frisian languages.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Anglo-Frisian languages 6
Ingvaeonic languages 5
North Sea Germanic languages 5

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West Germanic dialect continuum ⓘ
dialect group ⓘ
basisFor English orthographic traditions ⓘ
Frisian orthographic traditions ⓘ
classifiedBy historical-comparative linguistics ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Old Frisian ⓘ
surface form: Old Low Franconian

Old Saxon ⓘ
developedFrom Anglo-Frisian dialects self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: North Sea Germanic

Proto-West Germanic ⓘ
developedInto English language ⓘ
Anglo-Frisian dialects self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Frisian languages

Scots ⓘ
surface form: Scots language
distinctFrom High German dialects ⓘ
Low Franconian dialects ⓘ
Norse ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse
hasAlternativeName Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-Frisian group

Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-Frisian languages
hasLinguisticFeature Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law ⓘ
distinct development of Proto-Germanic *ai and *au ⓘ
fronting of /a/ to /æ/ in many environments ⓘ
i-mutation ⓘ
loss of Proto-Germanic *h in certain positions ⓘ
palatalization of velar consonants before front vowels ⓘ
reduction of inflectional morphology compared to other West Germanic ⓘ
hasPart Anglic dialects ⓘ
Frisian dialects ⓘ
Ingvaeonic dialects ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ
Middle Frisian ⓘ
Old English ⓘ
Old Frisian ⓘ
early North Sea Germanic varieties ⓘ
historicalRegion England ⓘ
Friesland ⓘ
surface form: Frisia

North Sea ⓘ
surface form: North Sea coastal areas
influenced Modern English phonology ⓘ
Anglo-Frisian dialects self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Modern Frisian phonology

Scots phonology ⓘ
languageFamily Anglo-Frisian dialects self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-Frisian languages
partOf Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
sharesFeatureWith Anglo-Frisian dialects self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ingvaeonic languages
studiedIn Germanic philology ⓘ
subclassOf Germanic languages ⓘ
West Germanic languages ⓘ
terminologyNote term is sometimes used interchangeably with Anglo-Frisian languages in historical linguistics ⓘ
timePeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ
late Antiquity ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

English → developedFrom → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
Old English → hasDialect → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Saxon
Anglo-Frisian dialects → developedInto → Anglo-Frisian dialects self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frisian languages
Anglo-Frisian dialects → developedFrom → Anglo-Frisian dialects self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Sea Germanic
Anglo-Frisian dialects → sharesFeatureWith → Anglo-Frisian dialects self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ingvaeonic languages
Anglo-Frisian dialects → influenced → Anglo-Frisian dialects self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Modern Frisian phonology
Anglo-Frisian dialects → languageFamily → Anglo-Frisian dialects self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Frisian languages
Anglo-Frisian dialects → hasAlternativeName → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Frisian languages
Anglo-Frisian dialects → hasAlternativeName → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Frisian group
Germanic languages → hasMajorSubgroup → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Frisian languages
Germanic languages → hasMajorSubgroup → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ingvaeonic languages
West Germanic languages → hasSubgroup → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Frisian languages
West Germanic languages → hasSubgroup → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Sea Germanic languages
Yola language → alsoKnownAs → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Forth and Bargy dialect
Old Frisian → subclassOf → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ingvaeonic languages
Old Frisian → languageFamily → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Sea Germanic
Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law → appliesTo → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ingvaeonic languages
Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law → namedAfter → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ingvaeonic
Proto-West Germanic → hasDescendantBranch → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Frisian languages
Mercia → hasRegionalDialect → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mercian Old English
Frisian (partially) → subclassOf → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
subject surface form: Frisian languages
this entity surface form: Ingvaeonic languages
Frisian (partially) → subclassOf → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
subject surface form: Frisian languages
this entity surface form: North Sea Germanic languages
Frisian (partially) → partOf → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
subject surface form: Frisian languages
this entity surface form: North Sea Germanic continuum
Elbe Germanic languages → relatedTo → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Sea Germanic languages
Elbe Germanic languages → distinctFrom → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Sea Germanic
West Frisian → partOf → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Frisian languages
Angles → cultureArea → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Sea Germanic
Weser-Rhine Germanic languages → relatedTo → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Sea Germanic languages
Weser-Rhine Germanic languages → distinctFrom → Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Sea Germanic languages