Westphalian dialect

E838581
West Low German dialect dialect regional variety of German

The Westphalian dialect is a regional variety of the German language spoken in parts of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony, characterized by distinct phonetic and lexical features within the West Low German group.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
West Low German 3
East Westphalian Low German 2
Westphalian Low German 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West Low German dialect ⓘ
dialect ⓘ
regional variety of German ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Dutch Low Saxon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastphalian dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Low Saxon dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
distinctFrom High German NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kölsch dialect ⓘ
Ripuarian dialects NERFINISHED ⓘ
Standard German NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAncestor Middle Low German NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Saxon NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic distinct intonation patterns ⓘ
distinct vowel system compared to Standard German ⓘ
frequent reduction of unstressed vowels ⓘ
lack of High German consonant shift ⓘ
preservation of Low German consonant system ⓘ
regional lexical items not present in Standard German ⓘ
use of diminutives with -ken ending in some areas ⓘ
hasDialect East Westphalian Platt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Münsterländer Platt ⓘ
South Westphalian Low German NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
influenced regional colloquial German in Westphalia ⓘ
influencedBy Standard German NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboring High German dialects ⓘ
languageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Low German NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Germanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf West Low German dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfOrigin historical region of Westphalia ⓘ
spokenIn East Westphalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lower Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ
Münsterland NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Rhine-Westphalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ruhr area NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Westphalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Westphalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
status minority language variety in Germany ⓘ
regional language variety ⓘ
subclassOf Germanic language variety ⓘ
Low German ⓘ
West Low German NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy inhabitants of Westphalia ⓘ
older generations more than younger generations ⓘ
rural population in Westphalia ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Herscheid → hasRegionalLanguage → Westphalian dialect ⓘ
Bergisches Land → languageRegion → Westphalian dialect ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westphalian dialect area
Low Saxon dialect continuum → hasPart → Westphalian dialect ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Low Saxon
Ostfälisch → borderedBy → Westphalian dialect ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westphalian dialect area
Middle Low Saxon → hasDescendant → Westphalian dialect ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Low German
Steinhagen (Westphalia) → hasLocalDialect → Westphalian dialect ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westphalian Low German
Spenge → localDialect → Westphalian dialect ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Westphalian Low German
Minden-Ravensberg region → language → Westphalian dialect ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westphalian Low German
Bünde → localDialect → Westphalian dialect ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Westphalian Low German
Gronings → subclassOf → Westphalian dialect ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Low German
Tweants → subclassOf → Westphalian dialect ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Low German