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Low Franconian languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (173 words) |
 | Low Franconian is any of several West Germanic languages spoken in The Netherlands, northern Belgium, and South Africa. |
| In Germany it is common to consider the Limburgian dialects as Low Franconian; in The Netherlands and Belgium however they are seen as Central or High German. |
| This difference is caused by a difference in definition: the linguists of the Low Countries define a Low German dialect as one that has only taken part in the fourth phase of the High German consonant shift. |
| Encyclopedia4U - Low German language - Encyclopedia Article (340 words) |
| Low German (in Low German, Nedderdüütsch) is any of a variety of West Germanic languages spoken in northern Germany and the Netherlands. |
| The term "Low German" is often restricted to Low Saxon, one of its two main branches, or extended to all of West Germanic except for High German. |
| Low German is distinguished from High German principally in that the latter underwent a consonant shift in the 700s and 800s. |
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