Elbe Germanic languages

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West Germanic language subgroup historical language group

Elbe Germanic languages are an early subgroup of the West Germanic language family once spoken along the Elbe River region, thought to be ancestral to or closely related to later High German dialects.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Elbe Germanic	1
Elbe Germanic group	1
Elbe Germanic tribes	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	West Germanic language subgroup ⓘ historical language group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Elbe Germanic languages ⓘ surface form: Elbe Germanic Elbe Germanic languages ⓘ surface form: Elbe Germanic group Elbgermanisch ⓘ
ancestralTo	High German ⓘ surface form: High German dialects
associatedWith	Irminones ⓘ surface form: Hermunduri Lombards ⓘ surface form: Langobardi Suebi ⓘ early Germanic tribes along the Elbe ⓘ
branchOf	West Germanic languages ⓘ surface form: West Germanic
classificationStatus	hypothetical subgroup ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Old High German ⓘ
distinctFrom	East Germanic languages ⓘ North Germanic languages ⓘ Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ surface form: North Sea Germanic Weser-Rhine Germanic languages ⓘ surface form: Weser-Rhine Germanic
geographicDistribution	Central Europe ⓘ Elbe River Basin District ⓘ surface form: Elbe River region areas of present-day Germany ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	West Germanic phonological features ⓘ morphological traits ancestral to High German ⓘ
hasDescendant	Central German dialects ⓘ Upper German dialects ⓘ
hasType	early West Germanic dialect continuum ⓘ
influenced	development of High German consonant shift ⓘ
languageFamily	Germanic ⓘ
linguisticEvidence	reconstructed from comparative linguistics ⓘ scarce direct attestations ⓘ
macroFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European
namedAfter	Elbe River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Germanic languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
precedes	Middle High German ⓘ Old High German ⓘ
region	Elbe River Basin District ⓘ surface form: Elbe River basin
relatedTo	Irminonic languages ⓘ Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ surface form: North Sea Germanic languages Weser-Rhine Germanic languages ⓘ
status	extinct ⓘ
studiedIn	Germanic philology ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf	West Germanic languages ⓘ
timePeriod	Late Antiquity ⓘ early first millennium CE ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elbe Germanic languages → alsoKnownAs → Elbe Germanic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elbe Germanic

Elbe Germanic languages → alsoKnownAs → Elbe Germanic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elbe Germanic group

West Germanic languages → hasSubgroup → Elbe Germanic languages ⓘ

Suebi → subgroupOf → Elbe Germanic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elbe Germanic tribes