West Low German

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West Low German
Spoken in	Germany, Netherlands, Denmark
Total speakers	10,000,000 (Estimation)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Low German West Low German
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	nds
ISO 639-3	nds
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West Low German (also known as Low Saxon, or Plattdeutsch in German) is a group of Low German dialects spoken in the Northwest German states of Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia (the Westphalian part), Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Saxony-Anhalt (western areas), in the northeast of the Netherlands and by a minority in the southernmost part of Denmark. Together with East Low German it forms Low German.

Contents 1 List of dialects 1.1 In Germany 1.2 In the Netherlands 1.3 In Denmark

List of dialects

In Germany

• West Low German
  • East Frisian Low Saxon
  • Northern Low Saxon
  • Westphalian language
  • Eastphalian language

In the Netherlands

The Dutch Low Saxon varieties, which are also defined as Dutch dialects, consist of:

• Westerkwartiers
  • Kollumerpompsters
  • Kollumerlands
  • Middaglands
  • Midden-Westerkwartiers
  • Zuid-Westerkwartiers
• Gronings and Noord-Drents
  • Hoogelandsters
  • Stadsgronings
  • Westerwolds
  • Veenkoloniaals
  • Oldambtsters
• Stellingwerfs
• Midden-Drents
• Zuid-Drents
• Twents
• Twents-Graafschaps
• Gelders-Overijssels
  • Achterhoeks
  • Sallands
  • Urkers
• Veluws
  • Oost-Veluws
  • West-Veluws

In Denmark

• • South Jutland County (former Northern Schleswig)

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