High German
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High German is the group of Upper and Central German dialects that form the basis of Standard German and are spoken primarily in the southern and central highland regions of the German-speaking area.
Aliases (2)
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
West Germanic language variety
→
group of dialects → |
| contrastsWith |
Low Franconian languages
→
surface form: "Low Franconian"
Low German → |
| distinguishedBy | High German consonant shift → |
| formsBasisOf | Standard German → |
| glottocode | high1287 → |
| hasFeature |
case system with nominative, accusative, dative, genitive
→
rich system of vowel distinctions → three grammatical genders → verb-second word order in main clauses → |
| hasHistoricalStage |
New High German
→
surface form: "Early New High German"
Middle High German → Old High German → |
| hasPart |
Central German languages
→
surface form: "Central German"
Upper German → |
| historicalDevelopment | developed south of the Benrath line → |
| includesDialectGroup |
Alemannic German
→
Bavarian → Central German languages →
surface form: "East Central German"
Central German languages →
surface form: "West Central German"
|
| influenced |
Standard German morphology
→
Standard German phonology → Standard German vocabulary → |
| ISO639-3 |
gmh (Middle High German, historical stage)
→
goh (Old High German, historical stage) → |
| languageBranch | West Germanic languages → |
| languageFamily | Germanic languages → |
| partOf | German language → |
| spokenInCountry |
Austria
→
Belgium → Czech Republic →
surface form: "Czech Republic (border regions)"
Alsace →
surface form: "France (Alsace, Lorraine)"
Germany → Italy →
surface form: "Italy (South Tyrol)"
Liechtenstein → Luxembourg → Silesia →
surface form: "Poland (Silesia and other areas)"
Switzerland → |
| spokenInRegion |
German-speaking highlands
→
central German-speaking area → southern German-speaking area → |
| subclassOf | German dialects → |
| timePeriod | emerged in early Middle Ages → |
| usedAs | basis for written German norms → |
| writingSystem | Latin script → |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "High German dialects"
this entity surface form: "High German languages"