West Lower Saxon
The term West Lower Saxon denotes
- the west of the German state of Lower Saxony .
- a not clearly defined group of dialects of Low German . In today's Low German dialectology, the term West Low Saxon is not established and is rarely found. In the course of research history, the term has been filled with very different meanings. Examples of the use of the name are West Lower Saxon as
- a term for West Low German when the term Lower Saxony is used for the entire Low German language ( East and West Low German).
- a name for the Lower Saxon dialects in the Netherlands . These dialects are usually referred to as Nedersaks in the Netherlands . In Dutch dialectology, however, they are often considered Dutch dialects because they are topped off by Dutch . In this context, these dialects are also called East Dutch . The term West Low Saxon ( West Nedersaksisch ), on the other hand, emphasizes the relationship to the Low German dialects in Germany.
- as a name in Hubert Grimme for a "pure Lower Saxon" dialect group that includes "East Dutch" and "Real Westphalian" (from Emsland to Märkisch).
- a dialect group widespread in western Lower Saxony within the dialect group commonly known today as Northern Lower Saxony . The Oldenburger Platt also belongs to this dialect group .
- a group of western dialects of West Low German that has no Lower Franconian and no or only a few Westphalian features.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jac. van Ginneken: Handbook of the Nederlandsche taal. Malmberg, 's-Hertogenbosch 1928
- ↑ Hubert Grimme: Low German dialects. Göschen Collection 461, Leipzig 1910
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
