Saxon language
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Saxon language may refer to:
- Any of the languages of the Saxons, a Germanic people:
- Old English languageOld English languageOld English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...
, Anglo-Saxon, the ancestor of modern English - Old SaxonOld SaxonOld Saxon, also known as Old Low German, is the earliest recorded form of Low German, documented from the 8th century until the 12th century, when it evolved into Middle Low German. It was spoken on the north-west coast of Germany and in the Netherlands by Saxon peoples...
, the ancestor language of Low Saxon - Middle Low SaxonMiddle Low GermanMiddle Low German is a language that is the descendant of Old Saxon and is the ancestor of modern Low German. It served as the international lingua franca of the Hanseatic League...
, language of the Hanseatic League - Low SaxonLow GermanLow German or Low Saxon is an Ingvaeonic West Germanic language spoken mainly in northern Germany and the eastern part of the Netherlands...
, modern successor language of Old Saxon
- Old English language
- Upper Saxon GermanUpper Saxon GermanUpper Saxon is a Central German dialect spoken in much of the modern German states of Saxony and Thuringia. Contrary to its name it is not a descendant of Old Saxon. The degree of accent varies from place to place within the states, with it being anywhere from a relatively mild accent in the...
, a dialect of High German spoken in modern Saxony, linguistically unrelated to the former - Transylvanian Saxon dialect, dialect of the Transylvanian Saxons, linguistically unrelated to any of the above