Old High German

Summary

Old High German is a language^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.96% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,693 views/month, #54 of 5,611).^[2]

Key Facts

• Old High German's instance of is recorded as language^[3].
• Old High German's instance of is recorded as extinct language^[4].
• Old High German's instance of is recorded as historical language^[5].
• Old High German's instance of is recorded as chronolect^[6].
• Old High German was followed by Middle High German^[7].
• Old High German is a type of High German^[8].
• Old High German's writing system is recorded as Latin script^[9].
• Old High German is part of German^[10].
• Old High German's Commons category is recorded as Old High German^[11].
• Old High German's Wikimedia language code is recorded as goh^[12].
• Old High German's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Old High German^[13].
• Old High German's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Althochdeutsch'}^[14].
• Old High German's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/GOH^[15].
• Old High German's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133070174^[16].
• Old High German's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–object–verb^[17].
• Old High German's linguistic typology is recorded as V2 word order^[18].
• Old High German's linguistic typology is recorded as nominative–accusative language^[19].
• Old High German's linguistic typology is recorded as stress-timed language^[20].
• Old High German's linguistic typology is recorded as fusional language^[21].

Why It Matters

Old High German ranks in the top 0.96% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,693 views/month, #54 of 5,611).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]