Anglo-Frisian dialects

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Anglo-Frisian dialects are a group of closely related West Germanic speech varieties historically spoken in parts of England and Frisia that formed the linguistic basis for modern English and Frisian languages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf West Germanic dialect continuum
dialect group
basisFor English orthographic traditions
Frisian orthographic traditions
classifiedBy historical-comparative linguistics
closelyRelatedTo Old Low Franconian
linked to: Old Frisian

Old Saxon
developedFrom North Sea Germanic
Proto-West Germanic
developedInto English language
Frisian languages
Scots language
linked to: Scots
distinctFrom High German dialects
Low Franconian dialects
Old Norse
linked to: Norse
hasAlternativeName Anglo-Frisian group
Anglo-Frisian languages
hasLinguisticFeature Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law
distinct development of Proto-Germanic *ai and *au
fronting of /a/ to /æ/ in many environments
i-mutation
loss of Proto-Germanic *h in certain positions
palatalization of velar consonants before front vowels
reduction of inflectional morphology compared to other West Germanic
hasPart Anglic dialects
Frisian dialects
Ingvaeonic dialects
Middle English
Middle Frisian
Old English
Old Frisian
early North Sea Germanic varieties
historicalRegion England
Frisia
linked to: Friesland

North Sea coastal areas
linked to: North Sea
influenced Modern English phonology
Modern Frisian phonology
Scots phonology
languageFamily Anglo-Frisian languages
partOf Indo-European languages
sharesFeatureWith Ingvaeonic languages
studiedIn Germanic philology
subclassOf Germanic languages
West Germanic languages
terminologyNote term is sometimes used interchangeably with Anglo-Frisian languages in historical linguistics
timePeriod Early Middle Ages
late Antiquity

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English developedFrom Anglo-Frisian dialects
Old English hasDialect West Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Anglo-Frisian dialects developedInto Frisian languages
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Anglo-Frisian dialects developedFrom North Sea Germanic
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Anglo-Frisian dialects sharesFeatureWith Ingvaeonic languages
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Anglo-Frisian dialects influenced Modern Frisian phonology
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Anglo-Frisian dialects languageFamily Anglo-Frisian languages
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Anglo-Frisian dialects hasAlternativeName Anglo-Frisian languages
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Anglo-Frisian dialects hasAlternativeName Anglo-Frisian group
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Germanic languages hasMajorSubgroup Anglo-Frisian languages
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Germanic languages hasMajorSubgroup Ingvaeonic languages
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
West Germanic languages hasSubgroup Anglo-Frisian languages
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
West Germanic languages hasSubgroup North Sea Germanic languages
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Yola language alsoKnownAs Forth and Bargy dialect
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Old Frisian subclassOf Ingvaeonic languages
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Old Frisian languageFamily North Sea Germanic
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law appliesTo Ingvaeonic languages
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law namedAfter Ingvaeonic
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Proto-West Germanic hasDescendantBranch Anglo-Frisian languages
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Mercia hasRegionalDialect Mercian Old English
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Frisian languages subclassOf Ingvaeonic languages
subject linked to: Frisian (partially)
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Frisian languages subclassOf North Sea Germanic languages
subject linked to: Frisian (partially)
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Frisian languages partOf North Sea Germanic continuum
subject linked to: Frisian (partially)
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Elbe Germanic languages relatedTo North Sea Germanic languages
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Elbe Germanic languages distinctFrom North Sea Germanic
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
West Frisian partOf Anglo-Frisian languages
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Angles cultureArea North Sea Germanic
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Weser-Rhine Germanic languages relatedTo North Sea Germanic languages
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Weser-Rhine Germanic languages distinctFrom North Sea Germanic languages
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects