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20. März 2000 · The German language has undergone a number of changes in history. The main phases are called Old High German (Althochdeutsch, AHD), Middle High German (Mittelhochdeutsch, MHD), and New High German (Neuhochdeutsch, NHD). Roughly, MHD was used between 1050 and 1350; but the sound shifts from AHD to MHD and from MHD to NHD took centuries to spread over Germany, so that these dates are to be taken ...
Germanic Tribes In 55 BCE. Language scholars think one of the earliest recordings of the German language goes back to the first century BC. That was when the Romans first entered the Rhine-Danube area. The modern German language is very different from the old German language the Romans initially came across.
The language he used, based partly on spoken German, became the model for written German. Swiss German (Schweizerdeutsch or Schwyzerdütsch) A variety of German spoken by about 4 million people in Switzerland, occasionally appears in writing in novels, newspapers, personal letters and diaries.
A Guide to Writing the old German “Kurrent” Script. For those of you who would like to be able to read the old German scripts that were banned by decree in Germany in 1941, it is recommendable to first master how to write these particular scripts. I have selected the “Kurrent” script, which was in common usage in 1900.
There are three main periods in the history of the German language: 1. Old German (c. 750 – c. 1050); 2. Middle German (c.1050 – c.1500); 3. Modern German (c.1500 to the present). In the first period there was no standard language. The formation of the language system was influenced by the High German consonant shift.
Old High German is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from around 500/750 to 1050. Rather than representing a single supra-regional form of German, Old High German encompasses the numerous West Germanic dialects that had undergone the set of consonantal changes called the Second Sound Shift.
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