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Saxon language

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Saxon language may refer to:

  • Old Saxon, a Germanic language and the earliest recorded form of Low German
    • Middle Saxon, a language that is the descendant of Old Saxon and the ancestor of modern Low German
    • Low Saxon language or Low German, modern successor language of Old Saxon
  • Anglo-Saxon language or Old English, the ancestor of modern English
  • Upper Saxon German, an East Central German dialect spoken in much of the modern German State of Saxony
  • Transylvanian Saxon dialect, dialect of the Transylvanian Saxons in the Moselle Franconian group of West Central German dialects

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