Irminonic languages

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Irminonic languages are a branch of the West Germanic language family that includes High German varieties such as Standard German and Yiddish.

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Irminonic languages canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of West Germanic languages
group of High German varieties
alsoKnownAs Elbe Germanic languages
High German languages
contrastsWith Ingvaeonic languages
Istvaeonic languages
geographicDistribution Austria
Germany
Jewish communities in Europe, Israel, and the Americas (via Yiddish)
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Switzerland
parts of Belgium
parts of Italy (South Tyrol)
hasCharacteristic basis for modern Standard German
distinguished from Ingvaeonic and Istvaeonic West Germanic branches
historically associated with regions south and east of the Rhine
includes both spoken dialects and standardized languages
share common phonological innovations within West Germanic
show extensive morphological inflection compared to some other Germanic branches
spoken primarily in Central Europe
underwent High German consonant shift
hasNotableLanguage Austro-Bavarian German
surface form: Austrian German

Luxembourgish
Pennsylvania German
New High German
surface form: Standard German

Alemannic German
surface form: Swiss German

Yiddish
historicalBasis dialects spoken by the Irminones tribal group
includes Alemannic German
Austro-Bavarian German
surface form: Bavarian

Franconian dialects
High German
Luxembourgish
Pennsylvania German
German
surface form: Standard German

Alemannic German
surface form: Swabian German

Yiddish
influenced modern Standard German orthography and grammar
languageFamily Germanic
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European
namedAfter Irminones
partOf Germanic languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
subclassOf West Germanic languages
timeDepth attested from early Middle Ages
typicalWordOrder verb-second in main clauses
writingSystem Latin script

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Germanic languages hasMajorSubgroup Irminonic languages
Elbe Germanic languages relatedTo Irminonic languages