Saxon language

Saxon language

Saxon language may refer to:

* Low Saxon, "Low German", the family of language varieties originating in Northern Germany and parts of the Netherlands
** Old Saxon, the ancestor language of Low Saxon
* Old English language, "Anglo-Saxon", the ancestor of modern English
* Upper Saxon German, a dialect of High German spoken in modern Saxony
* Transylvanian Saxon language, dialect of the Transylvanian Saxons


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