Anglo-Frisian leids
██ Dutch (Law Franconian, Wast Germanic)
██ Law German (West Germanic)
██ Central German (Hie German, Wast Germanic)
██ Upper German (Hie German, Wast Germanic)
██ Inglis (Anglo-Frisian, Wast Germanic)
██ Frisian (Anglo-Frisian, Wast Germanic)
North Germanic leids██ East Scandinavian
██ Wast Scandinavian
██ Line dividin th North an Wast Germanic leids
The Anglo-Frisian leids (sometimes Insular Germanic) ar a group o Ingvaeonic Wast Germanic leids consistin o Auld Inglis, Auld Frisian, an their descendants. The Anglo-Frisian family tree is:
- Anglo-Frisian
The Anglo-Frisian leids ar distinguished frae ither Wast Germanic leids partially bi the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law, Anglo-Frisian brightenin an bi the palatalization o Proto-Germanic *k tae a coronal affricate afore front vowels: cf. Inglis cheese an Wast Frisian tsiis tae Dutch kaas an German Käse, or Inglish church an Wast Frisian tsjerke tae Dutch kerk an German Kirche. Early Anglo-Frisian formed a Sprachbund wi Old Saxon, which is coontit amang the Law Saxon-Law Franconian leids.
The German linguist Friedrich Maurer rejectit Anglo-Frisian as a heestorical subdivision o the Germanic leids. Instead, he proposed North Sea Germanic or Ingvaeonic, a common ancestor o Old Frisian, Auld Inglis an Auld Saxon.
Examples [edit]
Compare the words for the numbers ane tae ten in the Anglo-Frisian leids.
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