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in 1022. The mid-11th century is widely accepted as marking the transition to Middle High German.

Territory

Old High German encompasses the dialects that had undergone the Second Sound Shift during the 6th century--namely all of the Upper and Central German dialects.

The Franks in the western part of Francia (Neustria and western Austrasia)

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