“the high german languages”

*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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*WIKI-LINK*

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👈👈👈☜*“WEST GERMANIC LANGUAGES”* ☞ 👉👉👉

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