Middle High German

historical form of High German
Intangible natural_language Q837985
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Middle High German

Summary

Middle High German is a natural language[1]. It draws 900 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #139 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Middle High German's instance of is recorded as natural language[3].
  • Middle High German's instance of is recorded as historical language[4].
  • Middle High German's instance of is recorded as chronolect[5].
  • Middle High German's instance of is recorded as extinct language[6].
  • Middle High German followed Old High German[7].
  • Middle High German was followed by Early New High German[8].
  • Middle High German is a type of High German[9].
  • Middle High German's writing system is recorded as Latin script[10].
  • Middle High German's Commons category is recorded as Middle High German[11].
  • Middle High German's Wikimedia language code is recorded as gmh[12].
  • Middle High German's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Middle High German[13].
  • Middle High German's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[14].
  • Middle High German's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Middle High German's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16].
  • Middle High German's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/GMH[17].
  • Middle High German's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133070190[18].
  • Middle High German's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–object–verb[19].
  • Middle High German's linguistic typology is recorded as V2 word order[20].
  • Middle High German's linguistic typology is recorded as nominative–accusative language[21].
  • Middle High German's linguistic typology is recorded as stress-timed language[22].
  • Middle High German's linguistic typology is recorded as fusional language[23].
  • Middle High German's has grammatical gender is recorded as feminine[24].
  • Middle High German's has grammatical gender is recorded as masculine[25].
  • Middle High German's has grammatical gender is recorded as neuter[26].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[3], historical language[4], chronolect[5], and extinct language[6]. Middle High German is a type of High German[9].

Why It Matters

Middle High German draws 900 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #139 of 734).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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