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Topic: Eastern Friesland Low Saxon


  
  Encyclopedia: Low German language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Low German is distinguished from High German principally in that the latter underwent a consonant shift in the 700s and 800s.
Northern Low Saxon (in Low Saxon, Nordneddersassisch or Platt) is a Low Saxon dialect.
Westplatt (Saksisch) is a Low Saxon dialect that is spoken in the Northeastern Netherlands.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Low-German-language   (1887 words)

  
 Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Low Saxon language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Low Saxon, East Low German and Low Franconian are classified together as Low German.
The distinction between Low Saxon, East Low German and Low Franconian (on one side) or High German (on the other side) is not precisely defined; there are several clines that vary smoothly from one dialect to another.
Low Saxon was once much more widespread than today, being used as a lingua franca throughout the Baltic Sea region, under the influence of the Hanseatic League.
fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Low_Saxon_language   (828 words)

  
 A few words about Low Saxon (Low German)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Low Saxon is used as a minority language in the northern parts of Germany and in the eastern parts of the Netherlands.
Low Saxon used to be the language of the medieval Hanseatic (Hansa) Trading League that began in the mid-13th century as a protective alliance of several port cities along the shores of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
Low Saxon lost its influence with the decline of the Hanseatic League in the late 16th century or in the early 17th century.
www.sassisch.net /rhahn/low-saxon/lowsax-engl.htm   (1610 words)

  
 East Frisian Low Saxon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
East Frisian Low Saxon, is a West Low German dialect spoken in the Eastern Friesland peninsula of northwestern Lower Saxony.
Although an eastern dialect of the Frisian is spoken by about 2000 People in the three villages of Ramsloh, Strücklingen and Scharrel in the Saterland region outside Eastern Friesland, East Frisian Low Saxon is unrelated to Frisian.
Based on the special history of Eastern Friesland there are influences and loans from French and the Dutch language which in parts of East Frisia for a long time was the language of the church.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/East_Frisian_Low_Saxon   (476 words)

  
 East Frisia Online Research :: Information about East Frisia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
It connects Friesland (in the Netherlands) with the districts of Dithmarschen and Nordfriesland ("Northern Frisia") in Schleswig-Holstein.
Saxons also settled the region and the East Frisian population of later times is based on a mixture of Frisian and Saxon elements.
As chieftains (in Low Saxon language : "hovedlinge"; in German language : "Häuptlinge") they took over the control over villages, cities, or regions in East Frisia; however, they still did not establish a feudal system as it was known in the rest of Europe.
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 Low Saxon language - FreeEncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Low Saxon (in Low Saxon, Plattdüütsch, Nedderdüütsch or Neddersassisch) is any of a variety of Low German dialects spoken in northern Germany and the Netherlands.
The distinction between Low Saxon and Low Franconian (on one side) or High German (on the other side) is not precisely defined; there are several clines[?] that vary smoothly from one dialect to another.
Low Saxon was once much more widespread than today, being used as a lingua franca throughout the Baltic region, under the influence of the Hanseatic League.
www.openproxy.ath.cx /lo/Low_Saxon.html   (414 words)

  
 Read about Frisia at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Frisia and learn about Frisia here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Frisia (or also "Friesland") is a region along the southeastern coasts of the North Sea.
Low Saxon and Low Franconian dialect variants, respectively).
Friesland, as well as the district-free cities of Emden and Wilhelmshaven/Rüstringen.
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Frisia   (292 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Low Saxon (in Low Saxon, Nedersaksisch, Neddersassisch, "Plattdüütsch" or"Nedderdüütsch") is any of a variety of Low German dialects spoken in northern Germany and the Netherlands.
Low Saxon, East Low German and LowFranconian are classified together as Low German.
Low Saxon was once much more widespread than today, being used as a linguafranca throughout the Baltic Sea region, under theinfluence of the Hanseatic League.
immune-system-help.com /german/northern/low_saxon_language.html   (821 words)

  
 Low German language Article, LowGermanlanguage Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Low German wasthe lingua franca of the Hanseatic League.
The term "Low German" is often restricted to Low Saxon, one of its three mainbranches, or extended to all of West Germanic except for High German.
Low German is distinguished from High German principally in that the latter underwent a consonant shift in the 700s and 800s.In High German, /k/, /p/, /t/ became /(k)x/ (only in some dialects), /pf/, /ts/ in initial positions and /x/, /f/, /s/ in medialand final positions.
www.anoca.org /saxon/netherlands/low_german_language.html   (402 words)

  
 The world's top ostfriesland websites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Eastern Friesland today is one of the poorest areas of Germany with low industrialization and a large amount of people without work.
But also Saxons settled the region and the East Frisian people of later times is based on the mixture of Frisian and Saxon elements.
The genuine language of Eastern Friesland was Frisian which now is extinct there and replaced by East Frisian Low Saxon.
dirs.org /wiki-article-tab.cfm/ostfriesland   (1493 words)

  
 Low Saxon language - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Low Saxon (in Low Saxon, Nedersaksisch, Neddersassisch, "Plattdüütsch" or "Nedderdüütsch") is any of a variety of Low German dialects spoken in northern Germany and the Netherlands.
Kollumerlands (a Frisian/Low Saxon mixture dialect in Groningen and Fryslân)
Laot worden dienen willen zoas in den himmel,
open-encyclopedia.com /Low_Saxon   (813 words)

  
 Language
Furthermore, Low Saxon is now being offered as a minor field of study at a few North German teachers colleges.
Low Saxon lost its influence with the decline of the Hanseatic League in the late 16th century.
Low Saxon works are still being published in Germany and in the Netherlands, particularly short stories and poetry, virtually never anything even vaguely "technical" and rarely anything "serious." Anthologies are especially popular.
web.quipo.it /minola/plattdeutsch/language.htm   (1289 words)

  
 West Low German - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
West Low German is a group of Plattdüütsch dialects spoken in Northwest Germany and East Netherlands.
Together with East Low German, it constitutes Plattdüütsch.
However, most West Low German dialects are thought to be descended from, or to have been strongly influenced by, Old Saxon.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Low_Saxon   (288 words)

  
 Low German language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Low German (in Low German, Platt(düütsch) or Nedderdüütsch) is any of a variety of West Germanic languages spoken in northern Germany and the Netherlands.
Note that divisions between subfamilies of Germanic are rarely precisely defined; most form continuous clines, with adjacent dialects being mutually intelligible and more separated ones not.
Eastern Friesland Low Saxon (in East Frisia / Eastern Friesland, Germany)
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/l/lo/low_german_language.html   (414 words)

  
 EAST FRISIA FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
A German verse to remember the first letters of the islands from east to west is ''Welcher Seemann liegt bei Nanni im Bett (which seaman lies in bed with Nanni)''.
Nevertheless, the Frisian element is predominant in the coastal area, while the population of the higher Geest area expresses more Saxon influence.
As chieftains (in Low Saxon: "hovedlinge"; in High German: "Häuptlinge") they took over the control over villages, cities, or regions in East Frisia; however, they still did not establish a feudal system as it was known in the rest of Europe.
velocipay.com /East_Frisia   (1556 words)

  
 All words on Frisia
Image:Frisian flag.jpeg Frisia (or more commonly "Friesland") is a region along the southeastern coasts of the North Sea.
Western Frisia is roughly identical with the Dutch province of Fryslân, the northern part of North Holland province (called West Friesland) and also modern Groningen province, though the Western Frisian language is only spoken in Fryslân proper.
In Groningen and West Friesland, dialects with strong Frisian substrates are spoken (Low Saxon and Low Franconian dialect variants, respectively).
www.allwords.org /fr/frisia.html   (518 words)

  
 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Encyclopedia : L : LO : LOW : Low German language
* Eastern Friesland Low Saxon (in East Frisia / Eastern Friesland, Germany)
* Stellingwerfs (in Stellingwerven, in Friesland, in the Netherlands)
teamsweb.info /index.php?title=Low_German   (442 words)

  
 Lowlands-L .:. a discussion group for people who share an interest in languages and cultures of the Lowlands
Glossar des Plattdeutschen A glossary of Low Saxon words that are difficult to understand for speakers of German, presented by Projekt Gutenberg - DE
Nedersaksisch in Nederland / Low Saxon in the Netherlands / Niedersächsisch in den Niederlanden / Neddersassisch in de Nedderlannen (an introduction by Henk Bloemhoff in Dutch, with English, German and Low Saxon [Low German] translations by R. Hahn)
Warum die Sachsen keine Sachsen sind [Why the Saxon are not Saxons] (Björn Bohling's German-language presentation of the argument that the inhabitants of the German state of Saxony are not Saxons, and that the real Saxons, i.e., the descendants of the Old Saxons, live in the state of Lower Saxony)
www.lowlands-l.net /index.php?page=links_nds   (1881 words)

  
 East Frisia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Ostfriesland consists of the districts of Aurich, Leer, Wittmund and Friesland, as well as of the cities of Emden and Wilhelmshaven.
(The district of Friesland is culturally and historically distinct, but belongs nonetheless to the geographical region called East Frisia.)
The genuine language of East Frisia was Frisian which now is extinct there and was replaced by East Frisian Low Saxon.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/E/East-Frisia.htm   (1687 words)

  
 Lowlands-L .:. Ten Year Anniversary!
Language information: Eastern Friesland Low Saxon is one of the varieties of the Low Saxon language, spoken in the German region Eastern Friesland (Ostfriesland).
It is one of the dialect groups with Frisian substrates (like Low Saxon of Stellingwerf and Groningen).
The direct descendant of Old Saxon, Low Saxon—usually, with the inclusion of Low Franconian varieties, known as “Low German” (Niederdeutsch, Plattdeutsch) in Germany—is originally used in the eastern parts of the Netherlands and in the northern parts of Germany.
www.lowlands-l.net /anniversary/index.php?page=ostfriesisch   (414 words)

  
 De Tuunkrüper (The Wren): Eastern Friesland Low Saxon (Low German), Phonetic Representation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
De Tuunkrüper (The Wren): Eastern Friesland Low Saxon (Low German), Phonetic Representation
a Low Saxon (Low German) folktale in various orthographies with translations into other dialects and languages
Other versions of the story are accompanied by the names of the persons who transliterated or translated them.
www.sassisch.net /rhahn/low-saxon/e-fries-phonetic.htm   (136 words)

  
 Frisia - Unipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Western Frisia is roughly identical with the Dutch province of Friesland, the northern part of North Holland province (called Westfriesland (see also West-Friesland)) and also modern Groningen province, though the Western Frisian language is only spoken in Fryslân proper.
In Groningen and West-Friesland, dialects with strong Frisian substrates are spoken (Low Saxon and Low Franconian dialect variants, respectively).
Frisia illustrata: Tien eeuwen Friesland en de Friezen
www.unipedia.info /Frisia.html   (320 words)

  
 Free Republic Highlights, 3/01/03 (looking for ideas and suggestions)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Take your frustration out, but watch out for low flying carpets, Free Republic thread here.
Did you know that (according to Forbes magazine), two of the richest people in the world are Fidel Castro and Yassir Arafat?
Assyrian [Eastern Assyrian] [very much] Hawit basima chim raba
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/854395/posts   (3418 words)

  
 How to Say "Thank you!" - Myanmar (Burma)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Irish Gaelic (Ireland, Britain) Go raibh maith 'ad
Low Saxon [Westphalian] (Germany) Ek dank auk schoin
Low Saxon [Westphalian] (Germany) Sind auk viellmaols bedankt
www.myanmars.net /language/thankyou.htm   (248 words)

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