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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All labels observed (23)

Label Occurrences
Low German canonical 100
West Low German 9
East Low German 4

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ingvaeonic language ⓘ
West Germanic language ⓘ
minority language ⓘ
regional language ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Low German ⓘ
surface form: Low Saxon

Low German ⓘ
surface form: Nedersaksisch

Low German ⓘ
surface form: Niederdeutsch

Low German ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Low German self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: East Low German

Eastphalian ⓘ
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ
surface form: Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch

Low German self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Northern Low Saxon

Low German self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Plautdietsch

Low German self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: West Low German

Westphalian ⓘ
hasEstimatedSpeakers several million ⓘ
hasGlottocode lowg1239 ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code nds ⓘ
hasLanguageBranch West Germanic languages ⓘ
surface form: West Germanic
hasLanguageFamily Germanic ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
German Brazilians ⓘ
surface form: Brazil (Mennonite communities)

Bremen ⓘ
Canada (Mennonite communities) ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
surface form: Denmark (South Jutlandic Low German communities)

Drenthe, Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Drenthe

Friesland ⓘ
surface form: Friesland (Netherlands)

Gelderland ⓘ
Groningen ⓘ
Hamburg ⓘ
Lower Saxony ⓘ
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Mexico (Mennonite communities)

Overijssel ⓘ
Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ
Schleswig-Holstein ⓘ
Mennonites ⓘ
surface form: United States (Mennonite communities)

eastern Netherlands ⓘ
north-eastern Netherlands ⓘ
Northern Germany ⓘ
surface form: northern Germany
subclassOf Germanic language ⓘ
Indo-European language ⓘ

Referenced by (143)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Danish language → influencedBy → Low German ⓘ
Danish language → influencedBy → Low German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Low German
Norwegian language → influencedBy → Low German ⓘ
Lower Saxony → hasRegionalLanguage → Low German ⓘ
Hamburg → regionalLanguage → Low German ⓘ
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern → hasMinorityLanguage → Low German ⓘ
German → hasDialectGroup → Low German ⓘ
Low German → alsoKnownAs → Low German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Low Saxon
Low German → alsoKnownAs → Low German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plattdeutsch
Low German → alsoKnownAs → Low German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niederdeutsch
Low German → alsoKnownAs → Low German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nedersaksisch
Low German → hasDialect → Low German self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Low German
Low German → hasDialect → Low German self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Low German
Low German → hasDialect → Low German self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Low Saxon
Low German → hasDialect → Low German self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plautdietsch
West Germanic languages → includesLanguage → Low German ⓘ
Gelderland → hasRegionalLanguage → Low German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Low Saxon
Achterhooks → subfamily → Low German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Low Saxon
Achterhooks → belongsTo → Low German ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Low German
Pomerania → hasMinorityLanguage → Low German ⓘ
Middle Frisian → hasInfluenceFrom → Low German ⓘ
Proto-West Germanic → ancestorOf → Low German ⓘ
Proto-West Germanic → hasDescendantBranch → Low German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Low German languages
Old Saxon → alsoKnownAs → Low German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Low German
Germanic peoples → ancestralTo → Low German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Low German people
Ahaus → regionalLanguage → Low German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westphalian Low German
Saterland Frisian → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Low German ⓘ
Westphalia → languageFamily → Low German ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Low German
Northern Germany → language → Low German ⓘ
Northern Germany → dialectRegionOf → Low German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Low German-speaking area
Brunswick → historicLanguage → Low German ⓘ
Schleswig-Holstein → recognizedRegionalLanguage → Low German ⓘ
Emsland → languageRegion → Low German ⓘ
Central German languages → transitionalBetween → Low German ⓘ
Central German languages → distinguishedFrom → Low German ⓘ
Menno Simons → languageOfWorkOrName → Low German ⓘ
High German → contrastsWith → Low German ⓘ
Upper German → distinguishedFrom → Low German ⓘ
Rostock → regionalLanguage → Low German ⓘ
Helgoland → hasLocalLanguage → Low German ⓘ
County of Bentheim → hasLanguage → Low German ⓘ
Uckermark → traditionalDialectRegion → Low German ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Low German
Eastphalian → subclassOf → Low German ⓘ
Eastphalian → subclassOf → Low German ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Low German
Eastphalian → hasAlternativeName → Low German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastphalian Low German
Frisian (partially) → sharesCommonAncestorWith → Low German ⓘ
subject surface form: Frisian languages
Institut für niederdeutsche Sprache → languageOfWork → Low German ⓘ
Oldenburg → regionalLanguage → Low German ⓘ
Rupert → languageOfUse → Low German ⓘ
Middle Low German → subclassOf → Low German ⓘ