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ISO 639-3 · gmlgml
Indo-European family · extinct or historical language

Middle Low German

Middle Low German is an extinct or historical language of the North Sea Germanic branch (Indo-European). Wikidata describes it as “developmental stage of Low German that has evolved from the Old Saxon language in the High Middle Ages”.

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At a glance
ISO 639-3
gml
Glottocode
midd1318
Wikipedia
30 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
—countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
—UNESCO level

Facts

NameMiddle Low German
Also calledMLG, gml, Middle Saxon
Written inLatin script
Grammatical genders3 listed in Wikidata
Kindextinct or historical language

Vitality

Wikidata has no EGIDS or UNESCO rating for Middle Low German yet.

family tree

From Indo-European to Middle Low German

The branches above Middle Low German, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

414Indo-Europeanfamily60Germanicbranch54West Germanicbranch11North Sea GermanicbranchgmlMiddle Low Germanlanguage
where it is spoken

Distribution map

A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Map of the area where Middle Low German is spoken
Map: Credited as London: Wm Heinemann / Friedrich Graf · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons