Low German
Low German is an Indo-European language spoken in Germany. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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East Low German (German: ostniederdeutsche Dialekte, ostniederdeutsche Mundarten, Ostniederdeutsch) is a group of Low German dialects spoken in north-eastern Germany as well as by minorities in northern Poland and southern Brazil. Together with West Low German dialects, it forms a dialect continuum of the Low German language. Before 1945, the dialect was spoken along the entire then-German-settled Baltic Coast from Mecklenburg, through Pomerania, West Prussia into certain villages of the East Prussian Klaipėda Region.
East Pomeranian, Central Pomeranian and West Pomeranian should not be confused with the West Slavic Pomeranian language (German: Pomoranisch).
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Written down
All de Minschen sünd frie un gliek an Wüürd un Rechten baren. Se hebbt Vernunft un een Geweten un se schüllt sik Bröder sien.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Low German
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | Moder | |
| father | Vader | |
| child | Kind | |
| man | Mann | |
| woman | Fro | |
| friend | Fründ | |
| eye | Oog | |
| ear | Ohr | |
| nose | Nääs | |
| tooth | Tähn | |
| hand | Hand | |
| heart | Hart | |
| head | Höövd | |
| blood | Blood | |
| bone | Been | |
| skin | Huut | |
| knee | Knee | |
| liver | Lever | |
| water | Water | |
| fire | Füer | |
| sun | Sünn | |
| moon | Maand | |
| rain | Regen | |
| snow | Snee | |
| stone | Steen | |
| mountain | Barg | |
| tree | Boom | |
| leaf | Blatt | |
| dog | Hund | |
| cat | Katt |
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- WestphalicIndo-European66% alike
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- GroningsIndo-European61% alike
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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