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Topic: Eastphalian language


  
  Language
Context-sensitive language A context-sensitive language is a Chomsky hierarchy.
Gan language Gan is a dialect of the Jiangxi province.
Iban language Iban is the spoken language of ethnic Dayak Iban in Borneo.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/language.html   (6991 words)

  
 Northern Low Saxon language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It is considered to be "Standard Low Saxon" within Germany because it is spoken and understood in a huge central area including most of Lower Saxony, Bremen, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.
As such, it covers a great part of the Low Saxon-speaking areas of northern Germany, with the exception of the border regions where Eastphalian and Westphalian are spoken.
The diminuitive (-je) (Dutch and Eastern Frisian -tje, Eastphalian -ke, High German -chen, Alemannic -le, li) is hardly used.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Low_Saxon_language   (350 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Low German language
Frisian is a Germanic language, or group of closely related languages, spoken by around half a million members of an ethnic group living on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany.
Proto-language may either refer to a language that preceded a certain set of given languages, or to system of communication during a stage in glottogony that may not yet be properly called a language.
Brabantian is a dialect of the Dutch language spoken in Noord-Brabant and in the Belgian provinces of Antwerpen and Vlaams-Brabant.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Low-German-language   (1887 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Northern Low Saxon language
A standard language (also standard dialect or standardized dialect) is a particular variety of a language that has been given either legal or quasi-legal status.
The diminuitive (-je) (Dutch and Eastern Frisian -tje, Eastphalian -ke, German -chen, Alemannic -le, li) is hardly used.
East Frisian Low Saxon, as a member of the Low Saxon language family is a dialect spoken in the Eastern Friesland peninsula of northwestern Lower Saxony.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Northern-Low-Saxon-language   (659 words)

  
 Knowledge King - Low Saxon language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Northern Low Saxon language serves as a common intelligible language in TV and Wireless programms.
The Low Saxon language has commonality with the English language, the Scandinavian languages and Frisian in that it has not been influenced by the High German sound shift.
It served as a standard language in many regions of northern Germany until it was replaced for that purpose by Standard German (a High German dialect) during the unification of Germany under Otto von Bismarck in 1871.
www.knowledgeking.net /encyclopedia/l/lo/low_saxon_language.html   (470 words)

  
 Untitled Document
High German or Hochdeutsch is the official language of Germany as promulgated in the schools, the press, and the broadcast media.
The German language is a reconstructed language of Proto-Indo European.
The Germanic language is believed to have Southern Scandinavia, Denmark and Northern Germany as its roots or homeland.
lerc.educ.ubc.ca /lerc/courses/489/worldlang/german/Classification.html   (1533 words)

  
 Low Saxon language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Germany it is considered, together with East Low German as part of a language called Plattdüütsch.
The ISO 639-2 language code for Plattdüütsch is nds since May 2000.
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.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Low_Saxon_language   (809 words)

  
 Eastphalian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eastphalian, or Eastfalian (in German, Ostfälisch), is a Low Saxon dialect spoken in southern parts of Lower Saxony, in Germany, including Hanover, Braunschweig, Hildesheim and Goettingen.
Elbe Eastphalian (in Eastern Germany around Aschersleben, according to some sources up to Magdeburg)
Main Eastphalian is the Eastphalian subdialect spoken in the largest area, including Hanover and Brunswick.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eastphalian_language   (98 words)

  
 Low German languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It also includes Afrikaans, which is spoken in South Africa, and Plautdietsch, which is spoken by Mennonite communities in North and South America.
It tends to lead to confusion when discussing the German language: in such use many dialects called 'Low German' are actually High German dialects.
The northern dialects of Low Saxon can also be classified together with English and Frisian as the North Sea Germanic or Ingvaeonic languages.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Low_German_language   (426 words)

  
 Low Saxon language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Northern Low Saxon language serves as a commonintelligible language in TV and Wireless programms.
The Low Saxon language has commonality with the Englishlanguage, the Scandinavian languages and Frisian in that it has not been influenced by the High German sound shift.
It served as a standard language in many regions of northern Germany until it wasreplaced for that purpose by Standard German (a High German dialect) during the unification of Germany under Otto vonBismarck in 1871.
www.therfcc.org /low-saxon-language-49708.html   (591 words)

  
 Category:Low German languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Please do not remove this notice or empty the category while the question is being considered.
The suggested new name is Category:Low Germanic languages.
May need to be sub-categorised into at least Low Saxon languages later since there seem to be quite a number of them.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Low_German_languages   (121 words)

  
 Ethnologue report for Germany
Of those, 27 are living languages and 2 are extinct.
Relation to sign languages of eastern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland is not known.
Standard German is one High German variety, which developed from the chancery of Saxony, gaining acceptance as the written standard in the 16th and 17th centuries.
www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Germany   (1147 words)

  
 Low German language -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Low German was the (A common language used by speakers of different languages) lingua franca of the (A commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in the 13th century and most powerful in the 14th century) Hanseatic League.
Low German is also sometimes used to refer to any German dialect which differs from the official (The standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic) German language, but this is not (Click link for more info and facts about linguistic) linguistic use.
It tends to lead to confusion when discussing the German language: many (The standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic) High German dialects are called Low German, a term properly used only for the dialects and languages described here.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/lo/low_german_language.htm   (932 words)

  
 Historical Maps: German dialects (text)
The Dutch language evolved from (and is part of) the Low German dialect group.
Their fairy tales might have had some influence on the modern language but that is not the reason why they should be mentioned here: they started the most comprehensive German Dictionary ever published, and one of the two brothers wrote the most successful grammar of the German language.
And the only official language which developed from the southern and central areas, (the standard written High) German, is now spoken best in northern Germany (3).
www.tr62.de /german.html   (1612 words)

  
 Ethnologue 14 report for language code:SXN
The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
Officially recognized as a regional (separate) language in 8 states of Germany and in the northeastern provinces of the Netherlands.
Recognized as a regional (separate) language by the European Charta on Languages.
www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=SXN   (251 words)

  
 Requests for new languages - Meta
For natural languages, this will probably never be an issue; for artificial languages, however, a low number of speakers may be taken as evidence that the language is not widely spoken enough to deserve a wiki.
The actual number of users who know the language and work on the wiki is an important issue, but it is not known how many are necessary for a wiki to gain momentum and solid growth.
Regional language wikis do attract people who would not be active (or that active) in a standard language wiki; also I would not assume that distracting some minimal attention from the second-biggest wikipedia would be a disaster.
meta.wikimedia.org /wiki/Requests_for_new_languages   (13221 words)

  
 Eastphalian language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The purpose of this book is to enter into the history of the mental-social phenomena that are the word sovereignty and the myth of Westphalia.
Given the circularity of language, the project proposes to examine the reality-creating role of language, as an...
It's surely tough to follow up on a smash album but on Body Language, Kylie has demonstated that it might not always be so.
www.freeglossary.com /Eastphalian_language   (306 words)

  
 Low Saxon language : Low Saxon
The distinction between Low Saxon and Low Franconian (on one side) or High German (on the other side) isn't 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.
It served as a standard language[?] in many regions of northern Germany until it was replaced for that purpose by Standard German (a High German dialect) during the unification of Germany under Otto von Bismarck in 1870.
www.fastload.org /lo/Low_Saxon.html   (452 words)

  
 Eastphalian language : Eastphalian dialect   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
terms defined : Eastphalian language : Eastphalian dialect
All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
Then the rain.html">rain also abated, and the appeared, and between the white-grey clouds could be caught through the threads of rain--now falling thin and.
www.termsdefined.net /ea/eastphalian-dialect.html   (116 words)

  
 Lingva Prismo
You may have studied the German language intensely but if you go on a trip to Germany it is possible that when step out of the plane you find yourself lost as you don't understand a thing.
While High German is used in government, schools, universities and media, in many German-speaking regions a regional dialect is the language for everyday-speaking.
The principal dialects in Germany are the Low German dialects Low Saxon, Mecklenburger, Eastphalian and Westphalian and the High German dialects, such as Upper Saxon, Franconian, Kölsch, Pfälzisch, Allemanic, Swabian and Bavarian.
www.lingvo.info /lf/germana.php?kat=ger&lingvo=en   (197 words)

  
 Plattdeutsch LANGUAGE SCHOOL EXPLORER
The official language code is, according to ISO 639-2, nds.
Since 1998, Plattdüütsch has been recognized by the European bureau for minority languages.
These Germanic language varieties are spoken mainly in northern Germany, southern Denmark and eastern Netherlands.
www.school-explorer.com /info/Plattdeutsch   (86 words)

  
 Information about the German Language
The standard German language is the language of formal and public usage, especially in the media and for writing.
The German language has a quite well-attested history: the first testimonies of Old-High-German („Althochdeutsch", which was one of several different dialects spoken in the Germanic language area) date from the last quarter of the 8
The reason for the creation of „theodisca" (the later „Deutsch") was the separation between the language of the common people and the language of the scholars and the clericals.
www.hum.uit.no /a/svenonius/lingua/flow/li/about/about_de.html   (1036 words)

  
 Eastphalian language - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Eastphalian language - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This page was last modified 08:32, 16 Jun 2005.
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Eastphalian language contains research on
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Eastphalian_%28language%29   (118 words)

  
 Low German Language Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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www.lokalkolorit.com /encyclopedia/Low_German_language   (650 words)

  
 Metrolingua: June 2005
Sure, there's a brandname, but it isn't a household name like "Band Aid" is. I think lists of equivalent words are interesting, but my language theory is that learning any new language is 20% listening and 80% using hands and feet to describe what you mean.
Klingons are the only alien group on Startrek that has their own language, and I found an online Klingon Dictionary.
And they seem to have a corner on the Japanese Language Proficiency Test market, since they used to publish the Nihongo Journal and have released even more books on learning Japanese since quitting the magazine.
blog.metrolingua.com /2005_06_01_metrolingua_archive.html   (2371 words)

  
 LOW SAXON LANGUAGE FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Since 1994 Low Saxon has been recognised by the European_Union as an independent regional_language.
The Northern_Low_Saxon_language serves as a common intelligible language in TV and Wireless programmes.
The Low Saxon language has commonality with the English_language, the Scandinavian languages and Frisian in that it has not been influenced by the High German sound_shift.
www.livingflowers.com /Low_Saxon_language   (756 words)

  
 Business Software Review : Article 'Latin'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
All Romance languages are descended from Latin, and many words based on Latin are found in other modern languages such as English.
Moreover, in the Western world, Latin was a lingua franca, the learned language for scientific and political affairs, for more than a thousand years, being eventually replaced by French in the 18th century and English in the late 19th.
Ecclesiastical Latin remains the formal language of the Roman Catholic Church to this day, which makes it the official national language of the Vatican.
www.business-software-review.org /DisplayArticle44395.html   (552 words)

  
 Low Saxon Language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
of the modern world—the English language, private property...
Cornish is a direct descendant of that early language.
of Decatur residents speak a language other than...
www.wikiverse.org /low-saxon-language   (703 words)

  
 East Low German -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
They are, together with (Click link for more info and facts about Low Saxon) Low Saxon and (Click link for more info and facts about Low Franconian) Low Franconian, part of (A German dialect spoken in northern Germany) Low German.
There is no clearly defined border between regions where East Low German and Low Saxon dialects are spoken.
(Click link for more info and facts about Plattdüütsch) Plattdüütsch is the name for both the Low Saxon and the East Low German language.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/E/Ea/East_Low_German.htm   (405 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Although often considered a variation of German, in many aspectsit is more like Dutch, which is based on closely related Low Franconian dialects.
A selection of these links can be found on thispage, which will provide a good frame work to understand the history, current situation and features of the language.
Ethnologue report for Low Saxon (kind of unprecise, but Ethnologue are notplanning an update any time soon)
immune-system-help.com /german/northern/low_saxon_language.html   (821 words)

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