Northern Low German
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Northern Low German (Standard High German: nördliches Niederdeutsch) is a variety of Low German in Germany, distinguished from Southern Low German.[1]
There are radio stations mainly speaking Northern Low German in Paraguay, Brazil and Canada.[citation needed] In Germany, it is spoken about until the Ruhr area. It is spoken in several states of Germany. It is far more used in Frisia than in other areas, where it is spoken. Nowadays, most people in the area of Northern Low German do not speak this variety. In television in Germany, various varieties of Northern Low German are used. There are items in Northern Low German in daily newspapers.
North Hanoveranian is spoken from Hamburg to North Rhine-Westphalia. From a structural point of view, a division into Northern and Southern Low German at the border of kept and lost Middle Low German -e would be conceivable.[2] The concept of East Low German is refuted. [3] Northern Low German in Germany is divided in Marchian versus the three varieties mentioned below. [4]
Varieties and borders
The varieties of Northern Low German (in today's Germany) are:[1]
Northern Low German variety | Included dialects | Area (roughly) | Remark |
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Westniederdeutsch (lit. West Low German) | Westmünsterländisch, Münsterländisch, partly Emsländisch and the dialects of the Grafschaft Bentheim und the Landkreise Cloppenburg und Vechta | South-western Lower Saxony, north-western North Rhine-Westphalia |
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Nordniederdeutsch (lit. North Low German) | Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Bremen, northern Lower Saxony | Roughly corresponding to Northern Low Saxon but not with entire Emsländisch | |
Nordostniederdeutsch (lit. North-East Low German) | Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch and Central Pomeranian | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and north-eastern Brandenburg | |
Brandenburgisch
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northern part of Brandenburg without the north-east |
In Germany, it borders to
East Pomeranian dialect and Low Prussian are part of Northern Low German.[citation needed] Westniederdeutsch is quite atypical for dialects in Germany in general.[citation needed]
Status
Most people in the area of Northern Low German do not speak this variety. In television in Germany, various varieties of Northern Low German are used. There are items in Northern Low German in daily newspapers.
Transitional areas
There was a transitional area of Eastphalian and Brandenburgisch around
References
- ^ a b c Alfred Lameli: Raumstrukturen im Niederdeutschen: Eine Re-Analyse der Wenkerdaten. 2016 "(PDF) Raumstrukturen im Niederdeutschen Eine Re-Analyse der Wenkerdaten | Alfred Lameli - Academia.edu".
- ^ Alfred Lameli, Strukturen im Sprachraum. Analysen zur arealtypologischen Komplexität der Dialekte in Deutschland., Berlin, Boston 2013, p. 148
- ^ Alfred Lameli, Strukturen im Sprachraum. Analysen zur arealtypologischen Komplexität der Dialekte in Deutschland., Berlin, Boston 2013, p. 188
- ^ Alfred Lameli, Strukturen im Sprachraum. Analysen zur arealtypologischen Komplexität der Dialekte in Deutschland., Berlin, Boston 2013, p. 195
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Dialekt-Karte_neu « atlas-alltagssprache". Archived from the original on 2021-01-10. Retrieved 2021-02-20. Annotated with: „Abb. 20: Die Gliederung der deutschen Dialekte (Wiesinger)“