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.

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Middle Low Saxon canonical 1

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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 NERFINISHED
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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Middle Low German hasAlternativeName Middle Low Saxon