Elbgermanisch

E414166

West Germanic dialect group hypothetical language subgroup

Elbgermanisch refers to a hypothesized subgroup of early West Germanic dialects spoken around the Elbe River region, thought to be ancestral to languages such as Old Saxon and Old High German.

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Label	Occurrences
Elbgermanisch canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	West Germanic dialect group ⓘ hypothetical language subgroup ⓘ
ancestralTo	Low German dialects ⓘ Middle High German ⓘ Middle Low German ⓘ Old High German ⓘ Old Saxon ⓘ modern German dialects ⓘ
associatedWithPeople	Alemannic tribes ⓘ surface form: Alemanni Bavarians ⓘ Saxons ⓘ Thuringians ⓘ
associatedWithRegion	central Germany ⓘ Northern Germany ⓘ surface form: northern Germany southern Germany ⓘ
classificationStatus	controversial ⓘ not universally accepted ⓘ
distinctFrom	East Germanic peoples ⓘ surface form: East Germanic Nordseegermanisch ⓘ North Germanic languages ⓘ surface form: North Germanic Weser-Rhine Germanic languages ⓘ surface form: Weser-Rhine Germanic
hasAlternativeName	Elbe Germanic languages ⓘ surface form: Elbe Germanic Elbe Germanic languages ⓘ surface form: Elbe West Germanic
hasFeature	West Germanic consonant gemination ⓘ West Germanic vowel developments ⓘ early High German consonant shift precursors ⓘ
hasLanguageBranch	Germanic languages ⓘ surface form: Germanic
hasLanguageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European
hasSubbranch	West Germanic languages ⓘ surface form: West Germanic
influenced	dialectal diversification of Old High German ⓘ dialectal diversification of Old Saxon ⓘ
notAttestedBy	contemporary written records ⓘ
partOf	early West Germanic dialect continuum ⓘ
reconstructedFrom	Old High German ⓘ Old Saxon ⓘ comparative Germanic linguistics ⓘ
relatedTo	Proto-West Germanic ⓘ surface form: Proto-West-Germanic
spokenIn	Central Europe ⓘ Elbe valley ⓘ surface form: Elbe River region
status	hypothesized ⓘ reconstructed ⓘ
subclassOf	Germanic languages ⓘ West Germanic languages ⓘ
timePeriod	1st millennium CE ⓘ late Proto-Germanic to early Old Germanic period ⓘ
usedInDiscipline	Germanic philology ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ

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Elbe Germanic languages → alsoKnownAs → Elbgermanisch ⓘ