• The High German languages (German: hochdeutsche Mundarten, i.e. High German dialects), or simply High German (Hochdeutsch) – not to be confused with Standard...
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    Anglic languages of English and Scots. These Anglo-Frisian dialects did not take part in the High German consonant shift, and the Anglic languages also...
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  • extinct languages. Proto-West Germanic High German languages Old High German† & Middle High German† Upper German High Franconian East Franconian German South...
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    Old High German (OHG; German: Althochdeutsch (Ahdt., Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from...
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    in Iron Age Scandinavia and Germany. The West Germanic languages include the three most widely spoken Germanic languages: English with around 360–400...
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  • Middle High German (MHG; German: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhdt., Mhd.)) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally...
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    earliest written records in High German were produced in the 8th century. From Proto-Germanic, the resulting language, Old High German (henceforth, OHG), can...
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  • everyday languages in German-speaking Switzerland. Standard German is a pluricentric language. In contrast with other local varieties of Standard German, Swiss...
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  • Early New High German (ENHG) is a term for the period in the history of the German language generally defined, following Wilhelm Scherer, as the period...
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  • Standard High German (SHG), less precisely Standard German or High German (German: Standardhochdeutsch, Standarddeutsch, Hochdeutsch or, in Switzerland...
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    official language of Germany is German, with over 95 percent of the country speaking Standard German or a dialect of German as their first language. This...
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    Central German or Middle German (German: mitteldeutsche Dialekte, mitteldeutsche Mundarten, Mitteldeutsch) is a group of High German languages spoken from...
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    Yiddish (redirect from Judaeo-German)
    Judeo-Romance languages began to acquire varieties of Middle High German, and from these groups the Ashkenazi community took shape. Exactly what German substrate...
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    German (German: Österreichisches Deutsch), Austrian Standard German (ASG), Standard Austrian German (Österreichisches Standarddeutsch), Austrian High...
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    Germanic languages, Low German has not undergone the High German consonant shift, as opposed to Standard High German, which is based on High German dialects...
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  • New High German (NHG; German: Neuhochdeutsch (Nhdt., Nhd.)) is the term used for the most recent period in the history of the German language, starting...
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    varieties of the West Germanic languages. The Anglo-Frisian languages are distinct from other West Germanic languages due to several sound changes: besides...
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  • object-oriented language features, and file input/output, may also be present. One thing to note about high-level programming languages is that these languages allow...
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    United States portal Languages portal Germany portal German-Pennsylvanian Association Pennsylvania Dutch Country Hutterite German Languages in the United States...
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    The West Germanic languages constitute the largest of the three branches of the Germanic family of languages (the others being the North Germanic and the...
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    different.[citation needed] High Franconian is transitional between Upper German and Central German but usually regarded as Upper German, with similarity to Yiddish...
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    Upper German (German: Oberdeutsch [ˈoːbɐdɔʏtʃ] ) is a family of High German dialects spoken primarily in the southern German-speaking area (Sprachraum)...
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  • Language family Indo-European languages Proto-Germanic language Germanic languages West Germanic languages German language High German: Standard High...
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    numerous local and regional languages, most of which, like Italian, belong to the broader Romance group. The majority of languages often labeled as regional...
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    independent languages.[citation needed] ISO 639-3 distinguishes four languages: gsw (Alemannic, Alsatian, Swiss German), swg (Swabian), wae (Walser German) and...
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  • Swiss German (Standard German: Schweizerdeutsch, Alemannic German: Schwiizerdütsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch Mundart, and others)...
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    languages, ancestral to the Anglo-Frisian languages and Low German), Weser–Rhine Germanic (Low Franconian languages) and Elbe Germanic (High German languages)...
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    three official languages in what was then South West Africa, alongside Afrikaans and English, two other Germanic languages in Namibia. German is the mother...
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    German language begins in the Early Middle Ages with the High German consonant shift. Old High German, Middle High German, and Early New High German span...
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    language) Russia (minority language in the Azovo German National District) Slovakia (regional minority language) Although in France, the High German varieties...
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