Low Saxon dialect continuum

E357073

West Germanic dialect group dialect continuum

The Low Saxon dialect continuum is a group of closely related West Germanic dialects spoken mainly in northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands, forming a gradual linguistic transition rather than sharply separated languages.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Low Saxon	11
Low Saxon dialect continuum canonical	3
North Low Saxon	2
Eastphalian Low Saxon	1
Low German area	1
Low German in Saterland	1
Low Saxon continuum	1
Low Saxon dialects	1
Nedersaksisch dialect continuum	1
Niedersächsisch dialect continuum	1
Niedersächsische Dialekte	1
Westphalian Low Saxon	1
Westphalian dialect area	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	West Germanic dialect group ⓘ dialect continuum ⓘ
borderWith	Dutch dialect continuum ⓘ Frisian dialects ⓘ German dialect continuum ⓘ surface form: High German dialect continuum
characterizedBy	gradual lexical variation across regions ⓘ gradual phonological variation across regions ⓘ mutual intelligibility between neighboring dialects ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Low German ⓘ surface form: Low German Saxon Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ surface form: Low Saxon Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ surface form: Nedersaksisch dialect continuum Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ surface form: Niedersächsisch dialect continuum
hasLinguisticFeature	West Germanic vocabulary base ⓘ distinct from High German ⓘ distinct from Standard Dutch ⓘ gradual transition between dialects ⓘ lack of sharp boundaries between dialects ⓘ non-participation in High German consonant shift ⓘ shares many features with Dutch Low Saxon ⓘ shares many features with German Low Saxon ⓘ
hasPart	Achterhooks ⓘ surface form: Achterhoeks Drents NERFINISHED ⓘ East Frisian Low Saxon (partly) ⓘ surface form: East Frisian Low Saxon Eastphalian ⓘ Gronings ⓘ Hamburgisch ⓘ Holsteinisch ⓘ Westphalian dialect ⓘ surface form: Northern Low Saxon Low German ⓘ surface form: Oldenburgisch Ostfälisch ⓘ Sallands ⓘ Weststellingwerf ⓘ surface form: Stellingwerfs Twents ⓘ Veluws ⓘ Westphalian ⓘ
isNot	standardized single language ⓘ
languageFamily	Germanic languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages West Germanic languages ⓘ
partOf	Low German ⓘ surface form: Low German dialect area West Germanic languages ⓘ surface form: West Germanic dialect continuum
recognizedAs	regional language in parts of Germany ⓘ regional language in the Netherlands ⓘ
spokenIn	Germany ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ northeastern Netherlands ⓘ Northern Germany ⓘ surface form: northern Germany
subclassOf	Low German ⓘ West Germanic languages ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (26)

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

Eastphalian → partOf → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

Eastphalian → hasDialectContinuumWith → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Low Saxon

Eastphalian → hasAlternativeName → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastphalian Low Saxon

Eastphalian → belongsTo → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Low Saxon

Middle Low German → hasDialect → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Low Saxon

Hildesheim → localDialectRegion → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Low German area

Twents → subclassOf → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Low Saxon

Twents → subclassOf → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Westphalian Low Saxon

Sallands → subclassOf → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Low Saxon

Veluws → subclassOf → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Low Saxon

eastern Netherlands → languageUsed → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Netherlands

this entity surface form: Low Saxon

Achterhoek → languageFamily → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Low Saxon

Altsächsisch → ancestorOf → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Niedersächsische Dialekte

Scharrel dialect → coexistsWith → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Low German in Saterland

Münsterländer Bucht → languageRegion → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Westphalian dialect area

northeastern Netherlands → hasRegionalLanguage → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Low Saxon

Frisian (Westerkwartiers dialect) → hasTransitionalFeaturesWith → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Low Saxon dialects

Low Saxon dialect continuum → hasAlternativeName → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Low Saxon

Low Saxon dialect continuum → hasAlternativeName → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Niedersächsisch dialect continuum

Low Saxon dialect continuum → hasAlternativeName → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nedersaksisch dialect continuum

Ostfälisch → partOf → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

Middle Low Saxon → subclassOf → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Low Saxon

Losser → regionalLanguage → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Low Saxon

Tweants → partOf → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Low Saxon continuum

Veluws dialect → partOf → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

Veluws Nedersaksisch → subclassOf → Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Low Saxon