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Old High German


Name	Old High German
Region	southern Germany (south of the Benrath line), parts of Austria and Switzerland, Southern Bohemia, Sporadic communities in Eastern Gaul
Extinct	developed into Middle High German from the 11th century
Familycolor	Indo-European
Fam2	Germanic
Fam3	West Germanic
Iso2	goh
Iso3	goh
Notice	IPA

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The term Old High German (OHG, German: , German abbr. Ahd.) refers to the earliest stage of the German language and it conventionally covers the period from around 500 to 1050. Coherent written texts do not appear until the second half of the 8th century, and some treat the period before 750 as 'prehistoric' and date the start of Old High German proper to 750 for this reason. There are, however, a number of Elder Futhark inscriptions dating to the 6th century (notably the Pforzen buckle), as well as single words and many names found in Latin texts predating the 8th century.

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