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Encyclopedia > East Low German
East Low German
Spoken in: Germany, Poland
Total speakers:
Language family: Indo-European
 Germanic
  West Germanic
   Low Germanic
    Low German
     East Low German
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: gem
ISO/DIS 639-3: none 

East Low German is a group of Low German dialects spoken in Northeast Germany as well as by minorities in northern Poland. Together with West Low German, it constitutes Low German. Current distribution of Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families. ... The Indo-European languages are a family of several hundred languages and dialects (443 according to the SIL estimate), including most of the major languages of Europe, as well as many in Southwest Asia, Central Asia and Southern Asia. ... West Germanic is the largest branch of the Germanic family of languages, including such languages as German, English and Dutch. ... Low German (in Low German: Plattdüütsch or Nedderdüütsch) is any of a variety of West Germanic languages spoken in northern Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. ... Low German (also called Plattdeutsch, Plattdüütsch or Low Saxon) is a name for the regional language varieties of the Low Germanic languages spoken mainly in northern Germany, southern Denmark and eastern Netherlands. ... ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family. ... ISO 639-2:1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code Twenty-two of the languages have two three-letter codes: a code for bibliographic use (ISO 639-2/B) a code for terminological use (ISO 639-2/T). ... ISO 639-3 is in process of development as an international standard for language codes. ... The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. ... Phonetics (from the Greek word φωνή, phone = sound/voice) is the study of sounds (voice). ... Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... This is a concise version of the International Phonetic Alphabet for English sounds. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Low German (also called Plattdeutsch, Plattdüütsch or Low Saxon) is a name for the regional language varieties of the Low Germanic languages spoken mainly in northern Germany, southern Denmark and eastern Netherlands. ... West Low German is a group of Low German dialects spoken in Northwest Germany and East Netherlands. ... Low German (also called Plattdeutsch, Plattdüütsch or Low Saxon) is a name for the regional language varieties of the Low Germanic languages spoken mainly in northern Germany, southern Denmark and eastern Netherlands. ...

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Related languages

East Low German belongs to the dialect continuum of the continental West Germanic languages. A dialect continuum is a range of dialects spoken across a large geographical area, differing only slightly between areas that are geographically close, and gradually decreasing in mutual intelligibility as the distances become greater. ... West Germanic is the largest branch of the Germanic family of languages, including such languages as German, English and Dutch. ...


In the West it fades into West Low German. The distinction is usually made referring to the plural endings of the verbs: East Low German endings are based on the old first/third person ending: -e(n), whereas West Low German endings are based on the old second person ending: -(e)t.


In the South, it fades into East Central German. The difference is that the East Low German varieties have not been affected by the High German consonant shift. The areas affected by the High German consonant shift are still expanding today, especially the Berlinerisch dialect that is gaining ground on the Brandenburgisch dialect by which it is surrounded. East Central German is a group of Germanic dialects: Upper Saxon German is a dialect spoken in the majority of the modern German Free States of Saxony. ... In historical linguistics, the High German consonant shift or Second Germanic consonant shift (German: hochdeutsche or zweite germanische Lautverschiebung) was a phonological development (sound change) which took place in the southern dialects of German in several phases, probably beginning between the 3rd and 5th centuries AD, and was almost complete... Berlinerisch is a dialect of Berlin Brandenburgish spoken in Berlin. ... Brandenburgisch is a dialect spoken in Germany in the area around Berlin. ...


Dialects

East Low German dialects are:

It also includes Plautdietsch (originating from Danzig), which is spoken by Mennonites in North America and a few other places in the world. Berlinerisch (in Berlin) was a version of Brandenburgisch in medieval times until they split off; it is now seen as an East High German dialect. Baltendeutsch is a High German variety influenced by East Low German formerly spoken by Germans in the Baltic states. Brandenburgisch is a dialect spoken in Germany in the area around Berlin. ... Surrounding but excluding the national capital Berlin, Brandenburg (Sorbian/Lusatian: Brandisborska) is one of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). ... Mecklenburgisch-Pommersch is a Low German dialect. ... Low Prussian (Niederpreußisch) is a dialect of East Low German, which was spoken in formerly German areas, that belong to Poland, Russia and Lithuania. ... For alternative meanings of Gdańsk and Danzig, see Gdansk (disambiguation) and Danzig (disambiguation) Motto: Nec temere, nec timide (Neither rashly nor timidly) Voivodship Pomeranian Municipal government Rada miasta Gdańska Mayor Paweł Adamowicz Area 262 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 461 400 (2003) Ranked 6th 1 035 000 1761/km² Founded... East Pomeranian (Ostpommersch) is a East Low German dialect that is or used to be spoken in Northern Poland. ... Historic Pomerania (outlined in yellow) on the background of modern country borders. ... Plautdietsch, or Mennonite Low German, is a language spoken by the Mennonites, who are ethnically Dutch, but who adopted an East Low German dialect while they were refugees in the Vistula delta area of Royal Prussia (later the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth), beginning in the early-to-mid 1500s. ... For alternative meanings of Gdańsk and Danzig, see Gdansk (disambiguation) and Danzig (disambiguation) Motto: Nec temere, nec timide (Neither rashly nor timidly) Voivodship Pomeranian Municipal government Rada miasta Gdańska Mayor Paweł Adamowicz Area 262 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 461 400 (2003) Ranked 6th 1 035 000 1761/km² Founded... The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist (Re-baptizers) denominations named after and influenced by the teachings and tradition of Menno Simons (1496-1561). ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... Berlinerisch is a dialect of Berlin Brandenburgish spoken in Berlin. ... Berlin is the capital city and a single state of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... Subdivisions Central German Upper German High German (in German, Hochdeutsch) is any of several German dialects spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and Luxembourg (as well as in neighbouring portions of Belgium, France (Alsace), Italy, Poland, and Romania (Transylvania) and in some areas of former colonial settlement, for example in...


The Lord's Prayer in Plautdietsch

Ons Voda em Himmel,
lot dien Nome jeheilicht woare;
lot dien Ritjdom kome;
lot dien Welle jedone woare,
uck hia oppe Ed, soo aus em Himmel;
jeff ons Dach fe Dach daut Broot, daut ons fehlt;
en vejeff ons onse Schult,
soo aus wie den vejewe, dee sich jeajen ons veschuldicht ha;
en brinj ons nich en Vesetjunk nenn,
oba rad ons von Beeset.

Writers

Fritz Reuter is one of the most famous Low German writers. Fritz Reuter (November 7, 1810- July 12, 1874), was a German novelist. ...


See also

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East Low German - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (353 words)
East Low German is a group of Low German dialects spoken in Northeast Germany as well as by minorities in northern Poland.
East Low German belongs to the dialect continuum of the continental West Germanic languages.
The difference is that the East Low German varieties have not been affected by the High German consonant shift.
German Language - MSN Encarta (639 words)
German belongs to the Netherlandic-German group within the western branch of the Germanic languages, a subfamily of the Indo-European languages.
Another characteristic of German, as well as of all the Germanic languages, is that the principal accent falls regularly upon the first syllable of a word; in verbal combinations, however, the root syllable, not the prefix, is stressed.
German is an inflected language, with three genders, four cases, and a strong and weak declension of qualifying adjectives.
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