Ostfälisch

E357074
West Low German dialect regional dialect

Ostfälisch is a regional West Low German dialect spoken primarily in the eastern part of Lower Saxony in Germany.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Halberstädter Platt 1
Ostfälisch canonical 1
Ostfälisch Platt 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West Low German dialect ⓘ
regional dialect ⓘ
borderedBy Eastphalian High German dialects ⓘ
Nordniedersächsisch dialect area ⓘ
Westphalian dialect ⓘ
surface form: Westphalian dialect area
closelyRelatedTo Nordniedersächsisch ⓘ
Westphalian ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Ostfälisch ⓘ
surface form: Ostfälisch Platt

Ostfälisch ⓘ
surface form: Ostfälisches Platt
hasDialect Braunschweigisch ⓘ
Ostfälisch self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Halberstädter Platt

Hildesheimisch ⓘ
Magdeburgisch ⓘ
hasFeature distinct vowel system compared to Northern Low Saxon ⓘ
lexical items distinct from Standard German ⓘ
monophthongization of Middle Low German diphthongs ⓘ
retention of Low German verbal morphology ⓘ
use of personal pronoun form "du" for second person singular ⓘ
use of personal pronoun form "ik" for first person singular ⓘ
historicalRegion Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form: Duchy of Brunswick

Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
surface form: Electorate of Saxony (medieval Ostfalen area)
ISO639-3Status not separately coded (grouped under Low German) ⓘ
languageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Ingvaeonic languages ⓘ
Low German ⓘ
West Germanic languages ⓘ
notTypicallyUsedAs formal written language ⓘ
partOf Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ
region northeastern Low German area ⓘ
spokenIn Brunswick region ⓘ
Gifhorn ⓘ
surface form: Gifhorn region

Braunschweig region ⓘ
surface form: Helmstedt region

Hildesheim district ⓘ
surface form: Hildesheim region

Lower Saxony ⓘ
Magdeburg area ⓘ
surface form: Magdeburg region

Peine region ⓘ
Salzgitter region ⓘ
Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ
Braunschweig region ⓘ
surface form: eastern Lower Saxony
standardLanguageInfluence Standard German ⓘ
subclassOf Low German ⓘ
Low German ⓘ
surface form: West Low German
threatenedBy language shift to Standard German ⓘ
usedAs spoken vernacular ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Eastphalian → nativeName → Ostfälisch ⓘ
Ostfälisch → hasDialect → Ostfälisch self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Halberstädter Platt
Ostfälisch → hasAlternativeName → Ostfälisch ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ostfälisches Platt
Ostfälisch → hasAlternativeName → Ostfälisch ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ostfälisch Platt