Broadly speaking, the main dialect divisions of Old High German seem to have been similar to those of later periods—they are based on established territorial groupings and the effects of the Second Sound Shift, which have remained influential until the present day.
En xeral, as principais divisións dos dialectos do antigo alto alemán parecen ser similares ás dos períodos posteriores e están baseadas en grupos territoriais establecidos e nos efectos da zweite Lautverschiebung, que permaneceron ata o día de hoxe.