| Old Saxon | ||
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| Spoken in | northwest Germany, southern Denmark | |
| Language extinction | developed into Middle Low German in the 12th century | |
| Language family | Indo-European
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| Writing system | Latin alphabet | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | None | |
| ISO 639-2 | gem | |
| ISO 639-3 | osx | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Old Saxon, also known as Old Low German, is the earliest recorded form of Low German,[1] 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 Denmark by Saxon peoples. It is close enough to Old Anglo-Frisian (Old Frisian, Old English) that it partially participates in the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law; it is also closely related to Old Low Franconian ("Old Dutch"). It is separated from Old High German by the High German consonant shift.
Only a few texts survive, predominantly in baptismal vows the Saxons were required to perform at the behest of Charlemagne. The only literary text preserved is Heliand.
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   | On the basis of the edition by Burkhard Taeger - TITUS Texts: Genesis: Frame |
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