Eastphalian

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Eastphalian is a regional variety of Low German traditionally spoken in parts of central northern Germany, particularly around the historical region of Eastphalia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf West Low German dialect
dialect
regional variety of Low German
belongsTo Low Saxon dialect continuum
surface form: Low Saxon
contactWith High German
Standard German
contrastWith Standard German
country Germany
endangeredStatus declining number of native speakers
geographicDistribution parts of central northern Germany
hasAlternativeName Low German
surface form: Eastphalian Low German

Low Saxon dialect continuum
surface form: Eastphalian Low Saxon
hasDialectContinuumWith Brabantic
surface form: Brunswickian

Low Saxon dialect continuum
surface form: North Low Saxon

Ostfälisch (German name)
Westphalian
hasLexicalFeature retention of Low German core vocabulary
hasMorphologicalFeature Low German verbal inflection patterns
hasPhonologicalFeature Low German consonant system lacking High German consonant shift
historicalDevelopment developed from Old Saxon
influencedBy Standard German
isSpokenBy Germans
surface form: ethnic Germans
languageBranch West Germanic languages
languageCodeStatus no separate ISO 639-3 code (grouped under Low German)
languageFamily Germanic languages
linguisticStatus regional dialect without official status
mutualIntelligibilityWith other Low German dialects
nativeName Ostfälisch
partOf Low Saxon dialect continuum
region Brunswick
surface form: Brunswick area

Lower Saxony
Magdeburg area
Saxony-Anhalt NERFINISHED
spokenIn Germany
central northern Germany
subclassOf Low German
Low German
surface form: West Low German
traditionalRegion Eastphalia
historical region of Eastphalia
typologicalFeature SVO basic word order
phonological features intermediate between Westphalian and North Low Saxon
use of Low German vocabulary distinct from Standard German
usedIn informal oral communication
regional cultural contexts
writingSystem Latin script

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

Low German hasDialect Eastphalian
Middle Low German hasDialect Eastphalian