Statistics for occurrence #1 of “German Ocean” in alphabetic letter E, entry group 3, entry english-language of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
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A branch from the Low-German of the Teutonic or Germanic branch of the Indo-European family.
It is closely related to the dialects spoken on the north shores of the German Ocean , especially with the Frisian dialect.
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