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| | Low German language Article, LowGermanlanguage Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Low German wasthe lingua franca of the Hanseatic League. |
 | | The term "Low German" is often restricted to Low Saxon, one of its three mainbranches, or extended to all of West Germanic except for High German. |
 | | Low German is distinguished from High German principally in that the latter underwent a consonant shift in the 700s and 800s.In High German, /k/, /p/, /t/ became /(k)x/ (only in some dialects), /pf/, /ts/ in initial positions and /x/, /f/, /s/ in medialand final positions. |
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