Elbe Germanic
Elbe Germanic, also called Irminonic or Erminonic, is a term introduced by the German linguist Friedrich Maurer (1898–1984) in his book, Nordgermanen und Alemanen, to describe the unattested proto-language, or dialectal grouping, ancestral to the later Lombardic, Alemannic, Bavarian and Thuringian dialects. During Late antiquity and the Middle Ages, its supposed descendants had a profound influence on the neighboring West Central German dialects and, later, in the form of Standard German, on the German language as a whole.
| Elbe Germanic | |
|---|---|
| Irminonic, Erminonic, Alpine Germanic | |
| Ethnicity | Irminones |
| Geographic distribution | German-speaking Europe, United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Colonia Tovar |
| Linguistic classification | Indo-European
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| Proto-language | Proto-Elbe Germanic |
| Subdivisions | |
The distribution of the primary Germanic languages in Europe c. AD 1:
Elbe Germanic, or Irminonic
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