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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Generate an image of Anglo-Frisian dialects (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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Statements (47)

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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Referenced by (34)

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

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
Old Frisian → developedFrom → North Sea Germanic ⓘ
subject linked to: ofs
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Old Frisian → sharesFeaturesWith → Anglo-Frisian languages ⓘ
subject linked to: ofs
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
Halligen Frisian → hasAncestor → North Sea Germanic ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Ingvaeones → relatedConcept → North Sea Germanic ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects
Ingvaeones → relatedConcept → Ingvaeonic languages ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Frisian dialects