Low German

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Ingvaeonic language West Germanic language minority language regional language

Low German is a West Germanic language traditionally spoken in northern Germany and parts of the Netherlands, known for its distinct phonology and vocabulary that set it apart from Standard German.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ingvaeonic language → West Germanic language → minority language → regional language →
alsoKnownAs	Low Saxon → Nedersaksisch → Niederdeutsch → Plattdeutsch →
hasAncestor	Middle Low German → Old Saxon →
hasCharacteristic	distinct phonology from Standard German → distinct vocabulary from Standard German → lacks High German consonant shift → relatively low degree of inflection compared to High German →
hasDialect	Brandenburgisch → East Low German → Eastphalian → Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch → Northern Low Saxon → Plautdietsch → West Low German → Westphalian →
hasEstimatedSpeakers	several million →
hasGlottocode	lowg1239 →
hasISO639-3Code	nds →
hasLanguageBranch	West Germanic →
hasLanguageFamily	Germanic → Indo-European →
hasLegalStatus	recognized regional language in Germany → recognized regional language in the Netherlands →
hasPhonologicalFeature	monophthongization of certain diphthongs → preservation of /p t k/ where High German has /pf ts kx/ →
hasSyntacticFeature	use of double negation in some dialects → verb-second word order in main clauses →
hasTypicalWord	Moin (greeting) → Platt → Snack (meaning talk) →
hasWritingSystem	Latin alphabet →
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith	Dutch (partially) → Frisian (partially) →
isProtectedUnder	European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages →
isRegulatedBy	Institut für niederdeutsche Sprache →
isSpokenIn	Brandenburg → Brazil (Mennonite communities) → Bremen → Canada (Mennonite communities) → Denmark (South Jutlandic Low German communities) → Drenthe → Friesland (Netherlands) → Gelderland → Groningen → Hamburg → Lower Saxony → Mecklenburg-Vorpommern → Mexico (Mennonite communities) → Overijssel → Saxony-Anhalt → Schleswig-Holstein → United States (Mennonite communities) → eastern Netherlands → north-eastern Netherlands → northern Germany →
subclassOf	Germanic language → Indo-European language →

Referenced by (62)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Low German ("West Low German") → Low German ("East Low German") → Low German ("Northern Low Saxon") → Low German ("Plautdietsch") → Middle Low German ("East Low German") → Middle Low German ("Baltic Low German") →	hasDialect
Low German ("Low Saxon") → Low German ("Plattdeutsch") → Low German ("Niederdeutsch") → Low German ("Nedersaksisch") → Old Saxon ("Old Low German") →	alsoKnownAs
Ahaus ("Westphalian Low German") → Delmenhorst → Hamburg → Oldenburg → Rostock →	regionalLanguage
Dutch Low Saxon → Eastphalian → Eastphalian ("West Low German") → Middle Low German → Sallands ("West Low German") →	subclassOf
Danish language → Danish language ("Middle Low German") → Norwegian language →	influencedBy
Dutch Low Saxon → Dutch Low Saxon ("West Low German") →	closelyRelatedTo
Central German languages → Upper German →	distinguishedFrom
County of Bentheim → County of Ravensberg →	hasLanguage
Sallands ("Westphalian Low German") → Saterland Frisian →	hasLexicalInfluenceFrom
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern → Pomerania →	hasMinorityLanguage
Gelderland ("Low Saxon") → Lower Saxony →	hasRegionalLanguage
Proto-West Germanic →	ancestorOf
Germanic peoples ("Low German people") →	ancestralTo
Achterhooks ("West Low German") →	belongsTo
High German →	contrastsWith
Northern Germany ("Low German-speaking area") →	dialectRegionOf
High German consonant shift →	distinguishesFrom
Eastphalian ("Eastphalian Low German") →	hasAlternativeName
Middle Low German ("Modern Low German") →	hasDescendant
Proto-West Germanic ("Low German languages") →	hasDescendantBranch
German →	hasDialectGroup
Middle Frisian →	hasInfluenceFrom
Helgoland →	hasLocalLanguage
Brunswick →	historicLanguage
West Germanic languages →	includesLanguage
Northern Germany →	language
Westphalia ("West Low German") →	languageFamily
Rupert →	languageOfUse
Institut für niederdeutsche Sprache →	languageOfWork
Menno Simons →	languageOfWorkOrName
Emsland →	languageRegion
Middle Low German ("Modern Low German") →	precedes
Schleswig-Holstein →	recognizedRegionalLanguage
Frisian languages →	sharesCommonAncestorWith
Achterhooks ("Low Saxon") →	subfamily
Uckermark ("East Low German") →	traditionalDialectRegion
Central German languages →	transitionalBetween