Langenesis

Indo-European family

Middle Low German

1150 CE – 1600 CE Extinct

Middle Low German (1150 CE – 1600 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. It has 1 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Germanic → Proto-West-Germanic → Old Saxon → Middle Low German.

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ISO 639-3
gml

Lingua franca of the Hanseatic League; strong lexical influence on the Scandinavian languages.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE – 500 CE
  3. Proto-West-Germanic200 CE – 700 CE
  4. Old Saxonc. 800 CE – 1150 CE
  5. Middle Low German1150 CE – 1600 CE

Descendants 1

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