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  Low German language
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.
Low German was the lingua franca of the Hanseatic League.
Low German is distinguished from High German principally in that the latter underwent a consonant shift in the 700s and 800s.
publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/l/lo/low_german_language.html   (383 words)

  
 Low Franconian languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Low Franconian is any of several West Germanic languages spoken in The Netherlands, northern Belgium, and South Africa.
In Germany it is common to consider the Limburgian dialects as Low Franconian; in The Netherlands and Belgium however they are seen as Central or High German.
This difference is caused by a difference in definition: the linguists of the Low Countries define a Low German dialect as one that has only taken part in the fourth phase of the High German consonant shift.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Low_Franconian_languages   (173 words)

  
 Dutch language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The present Dutch standard language is largely derived from Low Franconian dialects spoken in the Low Countries that must have reached a separate identity no later than about AD 700.
Dutch is an official language of the Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, Aruba, and the Netherlands Antilles.
An oddity of West Flemish (and to a lesser extent, East Flemish) is that the pronunciation of the "soft g" sound (the voiced velar fricative) is almost identical to that of the "h" sound (the voiced glottal fricative).
www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Dutch_language   (3456 words)

  
 Low Franconian language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Low Franconian is any of several West Germanic language s spoken in the Netherlands, northern Belgium, and South Africa.
Language Problems and Language Planning International multi-lingual journal that publishes articles primarily on political, sociological, and economic aspects of language and language use.
Colon-Language-Center Language Center in Hamburg, Germany, is a large institute which offers language classes in German as a foreign language as well as classes in 18 other languages plus language travels in 20 different countries.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Low_Franconian_language.html   (445 words)

  
 Low Saxon language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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.
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.theezine.net /l/low-saxon-language.html   (478 words)

  
 afrikaans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa and Namibia.
Unlike most other Indo-European languages, verbs do not conjugate differently depending on the subject: Ek is, "I am"; Jy is, "you are"; Hy is, "he is", Ons is, "we are"; etc. There are no grammatical cases and nouns do not have gender.
Afrikaans is the first language of approximately 60% of South Africa's whites, and over 90% of the "coloured" (mixed-race) population.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /Afrikaans.html   (730 words)

  
 A few words about Low Saxon (Low German)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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)

  
 Germanic Languages
It is the official language of Sweden and is one of the official languages of Finland.
Low Franconian was the ancestor of Middle Dutch and Dutch-Flemish.
West Norse is the western branch of the North Germanic languages used in Iceland, Ireland, Norway, the Hebrides, Orkney, Shetland, and the Faroe Islands.
softrat.home.mindspring.com /germanic.html   (3010 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Serbo-Croatian language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
An official language is a language that is given a unique legal status in the countries, states, and other territories.
Galician (Galego) is a language variety of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia (in the Galician language, Galicia or Galiza), an autonomous community in northwestern Spain.
However, since there are no clear-cut criteria for distinguishing a language from a dialect, and dialects are usually described in reference to standard languages, the notion of a diasystem is frequently used instead of Serbo-Croatian.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Serbo_Croatian-language   (6532 words)

  
 Information on Dutch language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The present Dutch Standard language is largely derived from Low Franconian languages dialects spoken in the Low Countries that must have reached a separate identity no later than about AD 700.
Algemeen Nederlands ('general Dutch', abbreviated to AN) is the Standard language as taught in schools and used by authorities in the Netherlands, Flanders, Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles.
Afrikaans language, a language spoken in South Africa and Namibia, is derived primarily from 17th century Dutch dialects, and a great deal of mutual intelligibility still exists.
www.information-resource.net /search/Dutch_language.html   (4182 words)

  
 CONK! Encyclopedia: Afrikaans_language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in South Africa and Namibia.
Afrikaans was considered a Dutch dialect until the early 20th century, when it began to be widely recognized as a distinct language, despite being more closely related to Dutch than most of the official dialects in the geographic area of the Netherlands.
In 1710, slaves outnumbered free settlers, and the language was developing among speakers who had little occasion to write or analyse their new dialect.
www.conk.com /search/encyclopedia.cgi?q=Afrikaans_language   (1605 words)

  
 Low Saxon language - FreeEncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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.
However, most Low Saxon dialects are thought to be descended from, or to have been strongly influenced by Old Saxon[?].
www.openproxy.ath.cx /lo/Low_Saxon.html   (414 words)

  
 ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Dutch Language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Dutch Language, member of the Low-Franconian group in the western branch of the Germanic languages.
Dutch is the official language of the Netherlands, while West Frisian holds co-official status in Friesland Province, where it is the first language...
Flemish Language, also Vlaams, language of historic Flanders (comprising what is now the northern part of Belgium and part of the Netherlands and...
au.encarta.msn.com /Dutch_Language.html   (86 words)

  
 Low Saxon language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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.
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.
The Low Saxon greeting formula Moin and its duplication MoinMoin gave the name for the WikiWiki MoinMoin Project http://moin.sourceforge.net/ There are plans to create a computer vocabulary for lower German in order to translate Desktop environments such as KDE and GNOME.
www.findterm.net /lo/low-saxon-language.html   (1110 words)

  
 Low Saxon language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Low Saxon (in Low Saxon, Nedersaksisch, Neddersassisch) is any of a variety of Low German ("Nedderdüütsch" in Low Saxon) dialects spoken in northern Germany and the Netherlands.
In Germany it is considered, together with East Low German as part of a language called Plattdüütsch.
Low Saxon, East Low German and Low Franconian are classified together as Low German.
www.tocatch.info /en/Low_Saxon_dialect.htm   (784 words)

  
 Afrikaans . West Germanic languages . Low Franconian language . France . 1996 . 1999   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Afrikaans is a very centralized language, meaning that most of the vowels are pronounced very centralized i.e.
There are a lot of different dialects and different pronunciations — but the transcription should be pretty standard.
Language families and languages Language classification Indo-European languages Germanic languages West Germanic languages Low German languages Low Franconian language Low Franconian is any...
www.uk.fraquisanto.net /Afrikaans   (461 words)

  
 Dutch language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Dutch language is considered to have originated in about AD 700 (a rather arbitrary date) from the various Germanic dialects spoken in the Netherlands region, mostly of (Low) FranksFrankian origin.
Algemeen Nederlands (meaning 'general Dutch', abbreviated to AN) is the official languageofficial Dutch language, the standard language as taught in schools and used by authorities in the Netherlands, Flanders (Belgium), Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles.
The ''Dutch Language UnionTaalunie'' (Language Union), an association established by Dutch government and the government of Flanders, in 2004 further extended with Surinam/, defines what is AN and what is not, e.g.
www.infothis.com /find/Dutch_language   (3229 words)

  
 Articles - Netherlands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Another official language is Frisian, which is spoken in the northern province of Friesland and has a strong resemblance to English.
Several dialects of Low Saxon are spoken in much of the north and are recognised as regional languages, as protected by the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
To the south, the Dutch language shifts into other varieties of Low Franconian and German, which may or may not be best classified as Dutch, most notably West Flemish.
www.bronzebass.com /articles/The_Netherlands?mySession=f9f97b9ee88b400f8d6bd96b064a4c72   (3758 words)

  
 Low German language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Low German (in Low German, Platt(düütsch) or Nedderdüütsch) is any of a variety of West Germanic languages spoken in northern Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium.
The northern dialects of Low German (Low Saxon and Dutch) can also be classified together with English and Frisian as the or Ingvaeonic languages.
Low Saxon/Low German Language and Culture Far and Wide (http://www.sassisch.net/rhahn/low-saxon/plattewelt.htm)
www.sevenhills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Plattdeutsch   (472 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Research by J. Heese indicates that until 1807, 36.8% of the ancestors of the White Afrikaans speaking population were Dutch, 35% were German, 14.6% were French and 7.2% non-white.
While double negation is still found in Low Franconian dialects in West-Flanders and in some 'isolated' villages in the center of Holland (i.e.
The -ne was the Old Franconian way to negate, but it is suggested that since it became highly non-voiced 'nie' or 'niet' was needed to complement the -ne.
www.stopboergenocide.com /135553.html?*session*id*key*=*session*id*val*   (1331 words)

  
 Articles - Culture of the Netherlands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The language originated in the Middle Ages, was standardized in the 16th century and has many Frankish and some Saxon influences.
Frisian is also spoken as an official language of the Netherlands in the area of Friesland.
A considerable percentage of the population is of South Asian or Middle Eastern nationality and therefor speak a different language although none of them are officially recognized as a national language.
www.kimia-sains.com /articles/Culture_of_the_Netherlands   (1417 words)

  
 franconian language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
a number of West Germanic languages and dialects, including all of West Middle German and some Low German languages as well (such as Dutch and related languages).
South Low Franconian (Netherlands, Belgium and North Rhine-Westphalia)
Main Franconian, colloquially called Franconian since dialects of this sub-family are spoken all over Franconia (Bavaria, Thuringia, Hesse)
www.yourencyclopedia.net /franconian_language.html   (176 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Netherlands Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Netherlands is one of the most densely populated and geographically low-lying countries in the world (its name literally means the Low Countries) and is famous for its dikess, windmills, wooden shoes, tulips and perceived social tolerance.
There are two official languages, Dutch (spoken by the majority) and Frisian (spoken by a few percent), both of which are Germanic languages.
At the national borders in the south, the Dutch language shifts into other varieties of Low Franconian and German speech, which may or may not be best classified as Dutch, most notably West Flemish and German.
www.ipedia.com /netherlands.html   (1608 words)

  
 Low Franconian Language Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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 VTrain (Vocabulary Trainer) --- Learning resources
Dutch and Flemish are two names for standard Netherlandic, a West Germanic language totalling some 20 million people speakers, most of which live in The Netherlands and in Belgium.
, a language spoken in South Africa, derives from Dutch.
While The Netherlands had their Golden Age during the 17th c., Flemish literature stagnated under French rule and revived only in the 19th c.
www.paul-raedle.de /vtrain/db-nl-info.htm   (87 words)

  
 the dutch/afrikaans/west flemish link | Antimoon Forum
Hence the early Afrikaans language descended from the language
At a later stage after 1900 the only contact many Afrikaners had with 'proper' Dutch was through their ' dominees', who studied and improved their Dutch in a small Dutch town by the river Ijsel, called Kampen.
I wouldn't necessarily call them the "Netherlandic" language group as much as the Low Franconian language group, which is in turn a branch of the Low West Germanic languages, along with Low Saxon and the Anglo-Frisian languages.
www.antimoon.com /forum/posts/8637.htm   (243 words)

  
 Ethnologue 14 report for language code:GOS
The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It has been superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).
Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon.
www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=GOS   (47 words)

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