Anglo-Frisian dialects
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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.
Aliases (12)
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
West Germanic dialect continuum
→
dialect group → |
| basisFor |
English orthographic traditions
→
Frisian orthographic traditions → |
| classifiedBy |
historical-comparative linguistics
→
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Old Low Franconian
→
Old Saxon → |
| developedFrom |
North Sea Germanic
→
Proto-West Germanic → |
| developedInto |
English language
→
Frisian languages → Scots language → |
| distinctFrom |
High German dialects
→
Low Franconian dialects → Old Norse → |
| hasAlternativeName |
Anglo-Frisian group
→
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
→
Frisia → North Sea coastal areas → |
| influenced |
Modern English phonology
→
Modern Frisian phonology → Scots phonology → |
| languageFamily |
Anglo-Frisian languages
→
|
| partOf |
Indo-European languages
→
|
| sharesFeatureWith |
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 (25)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Frisian languages
("Ingvaeonic languages")
→
Frisian languages ("North Sea Germanic languages") → Old Frisian ("Ingvaeonic languages") → |
subclassOf |
|
Anglo-Frisian dialects
("North Sea Germanic")
→
English → |
developedFrom |
|
Anglo-Frisian dialects
("Anglo-Frisian languages")
→
Anglo-Frisian dialects ("Anglo-Frisian group") → |
hasAlternativeName |
|
Germanic languages
("Anglo-Frisian languages")
→
Germanic languages ("Ingvaeonic languages") → |
hasMajorSubgroup |
|
West Germanic languages
("Anglo-Frisian languages")
→
West Germanic languages ("North Sea Germanic languages") → |
hasSubgroup |
|
Anglo-Frisian dialects
("Anglo-Frisian languages")
→
Old Frisian ("North Sea Germanic") → |
languageFamily |
|
Yola language
("Forth and Bargy dialect")
→
|
alsoKnownAs |
|
Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law
("Ingvaeonic languages")
→
|
appliesTo |
|
Anglo-Frisian dialects
("Frisian languages")
→
|
developedInto |
|
Elbe Germanic languages
("North Sea Germanic")
→
|
distinctFrom |
|
Proto-West Germanic
("Anglo-Frisian languages")
→
|
hasDescendantBranch |
|
Old English
("West Saxon")
→
|
hasDialect |
|
Mercia
("Mercian Old English")
→
|
hasRegionalDialect |
|
Anglo-Frisian dialects
("Modern Frisian phonology")
→
|
influenced |
|
Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law
("Ingvaeonic")
→
|
namedAfter |
|
Frisian languages
("North Sea Germanic continuum")
→
|
partOf |
|
Elbe Germanic languages
("North Sea Germanic languages")
→
|
relatedTo |
|
Anglo-Frisian dialects
("Ingvaeonic languages")
→
|
sharesFeatureWith |