Middle Low Saxon
E369555
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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Middle Low Saxon canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| 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
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.