Complex sentence: Old Saxon, also known as Old Low German, is a Germanic language and the earliest recorded form of Low German (spoken nowadays in Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and northeastern Netherlands) developed from Old Saxon.
Split into simpler sentences: Old Saxon, also known as Old Low German, is a Germanic language and the earliest recorded form of Low German. Modern Low German dialects (spoken in Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and northeastern Netherlands) developed from Old Saxon.