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in [[Dutch language|Dutch]] as {{lang|nl|Saksisch}}, {{lang|nl|Nedersaksisch}}, {{lang|nl|Platduits}}, {{lang|nl|Nederduits}} {{IPA-nl|ˈneːdərdœyts||Nl-Nederduits.ogg}} (in a stricter sense);
in [[Danish language|Danish]] as {{lang|da|Plattysk}};
plus, other dialectal variants exist.}}
Low German is most closely related to [[Frisian languages|Frisian]] and [[English language|English]], with which it forms the [[North Sea Germanic]] group of the West Germanic languages. Like [[Dutch language|Dutch]], it has historically been spoken north of the [[Benrath line|Benrath]] and [[Uerdingen line|Uerdingen]] [[isogloss]]es, while forms of the [[German language|High German language]] (of which [[Standard German]] is a standardized example) have historically been spoken south of those lines. Like Frisian, English, Dutch and the [[North Germanic languages]], Low German has not undergone the [[High German consonant shift]], as opposed to [[Standard German|Standard High German]], which is based on [[High German|High German dialects]]. Low German evolved from [[Old Saxon|Old Saxon (Old Low German)]], which is most closely related to [[Old Frisian]] and [[Old English|Old English (Anglo-Saxon)]].
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