Middle Estonian
E72967
Middle Estonian is the historical stage of the Estonian language used roughly between the 16th and 18th centuries, marked by early literary development and significant linguistic change.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical language stage
ⓘ
stage of the Estonian language ⓘ |
| follows | Old Estonian ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
lexical borrowing from Germanic languages
ⓘ
orthographic development ⓘ regional dialect influence on written language ⓘ standardization of grammar ⓘ |
| hasContext |
Reformation in the Baltic region
ⓘ
Swedish and later Russian rule in Estonia ⓘ spread of printing in Northern Europe ⓘ |
| hasDomain | Estonian philology ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
development of literary religious texts
ⓘ
early literary development in Estonian ⓘ emergence of printed books in Estonian ⓘ increasing influence of written norms ⓘ increasing standardization tendencies ⓘ influence from High German ⓘ influence from Latin ⓘ influence from Low German ⓘ influence from Swedish ⓘ significant morphological change ⓘ significant phonological change ⓘ significant syntactic change ⓘ variation in orthographic conventions ⓘ |
| hasRole | transition stage between Old and Modern Estonian ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Finnic languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Uralic languages ⓘ |
| languageOf | Estonia ⓘ |
| partOf | history of the Estonian language ⓘ |
| precedes |
Estonian language
ⓘ
surface form:
Modern Estonian
|
| studiedInField |
Baltic linguistics
ⓘ
Finno-Ugric studies ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| timeEndApprox | 18th century ⓘ |
| timeStartApprox | 16th century ⓘ |
| usedBy | Estonian-speaking population in early modern period ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Bible translations
ⓘ
administrative texts ⓘ catechisms ⓘ religious literature ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod |
16th century
ⓘ
17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
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