Middle Low Saxon

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Middle Low Saxon is a historical West Germanic language once widely used in northern Germany and surrounding regions, particularly as a lingua franca of the Hanseatic League.

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Label Occurrences
Middle Low Saxon canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Low German language
West Germanic language
historical language
alsoKnownAs Middle Low German
era Late Middle Ages
Middle Ages
followedBy Low German
surface form: Modern Low German
follows Old Saxon
hasAncestor Old Saxon
hasDescendant Low German
surface form: East Low German

Low German
surface form: Low Prussian

Low German
surface form: Modern Low German

Westphalian dialect
surface form: West Low German
hasFeature lack of High German consonant shift
reduction of case system
strong Low German phonology
influenced Danish vocabulary
Norwegian vocabulary
Scandinavian urban dialects
Swedish vocabulary
ISOStatus historical language (no modern ISO 639-3 code)
languageFamily Germanic languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

West Germanic languages
notableCenter Bremen
Gdańsk
surface form: Danzig

Hamburg
Lübeck
Rostock
regionOfInfluence Hanseatic League (historical)
surface form: Hanseatic trade network
subclassOf Low Saxon dialect continuum
surface form: Low Saxon

Middle Germanic language
timePeriod circa 1200–1600
usedAs lingua franca
usedBy Hanseatic League (historical)
surface form: Hanseatic League
usedFor administration
legal documents
trade
urban records
usedIn Baltic Sea region
Livonia NERFINISHED
Netherlands
North Sea
surface form: North Sea region

Poland
Prussia
Scandinavia
Northern Germany
surface form: northern Germany
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Middle Low German hasAlternativeName Middle Low Saxon