*german* –>
hochdeutsche mundarten*
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“OLD HIGH GERMAN”
(~’YEAR 700′ – ~’YEAR 1050′)
(~350 YEARS)
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*MIDDLE HIGH GERMAN*
(~1050 – ~’YEAR 1350′)
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*THE GERMAN LANGUAGE*
(AKA “NEW HIGH GERMAN”)
(1350 – PRESENT)
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*AKA* –>
“HIGH GERMAN DIALECTS”
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[the high german languages comprise the varieties of the ‘german languages’ spoken south of the ‘benrath’ + ‘uerdingen isoglosses’…]
*central’ + ‘southern’ germany*
‘austria’
‘liechtenstein’
‘switzerland’
‘luxembourg’
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(…as well as in neighboring portions of…)
‘france’
(in the regions of ‘alsace’ + ‘northern lorraine’)
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‘italy’
(in the ‘autonomous province’ of ‘south tyrol’)
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*the ‘czech republic’*
(in the ‘historical region’ of ‘bohemia’)
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‘poland’
(in ‘upper silesia’)
(‘southeast portion’ of ‘historical / ‘geographical’ region of ‘silesia’)
(then why isn’t it called “downer silesia’?)
(‘so sayeth tomas the doubter’)
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(they are also spoken ‘in ‘diaspora’ in…)
‘romania’
‘russia’
‘the united states’
‘brazil’
‘argentina’
‘mexico’
‘chile’
‘namibia’
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(the “high german languages” are marked by the “high german consonant shift”, separating them from ‘low german’ + ‘low franconian’ (aka ‘dutch’) within the ‘continental west germanic dialect continuum’)
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👈👈👈☜*“WEST GERMANIC LANGUAGES”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥