Middle Low Saxon

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Middle Low Saxon is a historical West Germanic language once widely used in northern Germany and surrounding regions, particularly as a lingua franca of the Hanseatic League.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Middle Low Saxon canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Low German language ⓘ
West Germanic language ⓘ
historical language ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Middle Low German ⓘ
era Late Middle Ages ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
followedBy Modern Low German ⓘ
linked to: Low German
follows Old Saxon ⓘ
hasAncestor Old Saxon ⓘ
hasDescendant East Low German ⓘ
linked to: Low German

Low Prussian ⓘ
linked to: Low German

Modern Low German ⓘ
linked to: Low German

West Low German ⓘ
linked to: Westphalian dialect
hasFeature lack of High German consonant shift ⓘ
reduction of case system ⓘ
strong Low German phonology ⓘ
influenced Danish vocabulary ⓘ
Norwegian vocabulary ⓘ
Scandinavian urban dialects ⓘ
Swedish vocabulary ⓘ
ISOStatus historical language (no modern ISO 639-3 code) ⓘ
languageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
West Germanic languages ⓘ
notableCenter Bremen ⓘ
Danzig ⓘ
linked to: Gdańsk

Hamburg ⓘ
Lübeck ⓘ
Rostock ⓘ
regionOfInfluence Hanseatic trade network ⓘ
subclassOf Low Saxon ⓘ
Middle Germanic language ⓘ
timePeriod circa 1200–1600 ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca ⓘ
usedBy Hanseatic League ⓘ
usedFor administration ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
trade ⓘ
urban records ⓘ
usedIn Baltic Sea region ⓘ
Livonia ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
North Sea region ⓘ
linked to: North Sea

Poland ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
northern Germany ⓘ
linked to: Northern Germany
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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

Middle Low German → hasAlternativeName → Middle Low Saxon ⓘ