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	Introduction & Abbreviations
		Assyrian, Akkadian dialect spoken in the empire that flourished on the Tigris River 7c.
		C.E. Among its dialects were Ionian-Attic (the language of Homer and the Athenian dramatists), Aeolic (used in Thessaly, Boeotia and Lesbos), and Dorian (the language of Sparta).
		O.N. Old Norse, the Norwegian language as written and spoken c.100 to 1500 C.E., the relevant phase of it being "Viking Norse" (700-1100), the language spoken by the invaders and colonizers of northern and eastern England c.875-950.
	www.etymonline.com /abbr.php (3129 words)

	Low Saxon language - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		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 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.
		Kollumerlands (a Frisian/Low Saxon mixture dialect in Groningen and Fryslân)
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=17743 (969 words)

	saxon - definition by dict.die.net
		Old Saxon, the Saxon of the continent of Europe in the old form of the language, as shown particularly in the ``Heliand'', a metrical narration of the gospel history preserved in manuscripts of the 9th century.
		Saxon blue (Dyeing), a deep blue liquid used in dyeing, and obtained by dissolving indigo in concentrated sulphuric acid.
		Low German, the language of Northern Germany and the Netherlands, -- including Friesic; Anglo-Saxon or Saxon; Old Saxon; Dutch or Low Dutch, with its dialect, Flemish; and Plattdeutsch (called also Low German), spoken in many dialects.
	dict.die.net /saxon (368 words)

	Dutch language - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The West Germanic dialects can be divided according to tribe (Frisian, Saxon, Franconian, Bavarian and Swabian), and according to the extent of their participation in the High German consonant shift (Low German against High German).
		There is in fact a dialect continuum which blurs any clear boundary between Dutch and Low German, and the Low Franconian rural dialects of the Lower Rhine are much closer to Hollandic than to standard German.
		In addition to the many dialects of the Dutch language many provinces and larger cities have their own accents, which sometimes are also called dialects.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/d/u/t/Dutch_language.html (4255 words)

	Dutch_language information. LANGUAGE SCHOOL EXPLORER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The northern dialects of Old Frankish generally did not participate in either of these two shifts, except for a small amount of phonetic changes, and are hence known now as Old Low Franconian; the "Low" refers to dialects not influenced by the consonant shift.
		East Low Franconian was eventually absorbed by Dutch as it became the dominant form of Low Franconian, although it remains a noticeable subtrate within the southern Limburgish dialects of Dutch.
		In addition to the many dialects of the Dutch language, many provinces and larger cities have their own accents, which are usually accompanied by a particular dialect.
	www.school-explorer.com /Dutch (5764 words)

	Dutch Dialects: Languages and Dialects in the Netherlands
		Dialects, which lie very close to each other in geographical terms, are often fairly easily understood by people living in a particular area.
		Dialects have a relatively strong position in the north, east and south of the country.
		There are a few exceptions to this, such as the city dialect of Maastricht, which is spoken by all social strata of the Maastricht population and is more of an expression of regional or local identity (Hagen, 1989).
	www.xs4all.nl /~wjsn/tekst/dutchdialects.htm (2431 words)

	German language History
		The Middle Saxon language is an ancestor of the modern Low Saxon.
		The neighbour languages within the dialect continuum of the West Germanic languages were Middle Dutch in the West and Middle High German in the South, later substituted by Early New High German.
		German dialects that differ substantially from standard German, not only in pronunciation but also in grammar, are found in regions of Germany, E France, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein; Lëtzeburgesch, an official language of Luxembourg, is a German dialect spoken by about 400,000 people there.
	www.germanlanguageguide.com /german/facts/history (400 words)

	Gronings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gronings (Grunnegs or Grönnegs) can equally be defined as a Low Saxon dialects spoken in the Netherlands province of Groningen and in some adjoining areas: one in Groningen city, four in the outlands (or Ommelanden), and Westerwolds.
		They are the result of an intermingling of 4 languages: Low Saxon (the result of 9th-century Saxon domination), Frisian (the province of Groningen was part of Friesland until the city of Groningen became the dominant factor in the region in the 15th century), Dutch, and (to a lesser extent) English and Danish (Anglo Saxon).
		Northern Low Saxon of Germany: Dat eenzige, dat wi nich doot, (dat) is Snabbelkraam uutdeeln.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gronings (420 words)

	Ethnologue report for Germany
		Dialects: Not intelligible with Western Frisian of the Netherlands or Northern Frisian (E. Matteson SIL 1978) or Saterfriesisch (Wolbert Smidt 2001).
		Dialects: Mooringer (Mooringa, Mainland Frisian), Ferring (Fohr-Amrum), Sölreng (Sylt), Helgoland.
		Southwestern dialect in southern Germany, Switzerland, and Alsace (France), Midwestern dialect in central Germany and parts of the former Czechoslovakia, Northwestern dialect is northern Germany and the Netherlands.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=DE (1147 words)

	German schools
		Low Saxon varieties (spoken on German territory) are considered dialects of the German language by some, but a separate language by others.
		Sometimes, Low Saxon and Low Franconian are grouped together to the Low Saxon-Low Franconian languages because both are unaffected by the High German consonant shift.
		The dialects of German which are or were primarily spoken in colonies or communities founded by German speaking people resemble the dialects of the regions the founders came from.
	www.aboutlanguageschools.com /language/german (1092 words)

	The German language
		Russia, by contrast is so vast, and yet the language is extremely uniform, with no dialects at all in widespread usage that I can tell (not counting the various slang vocabularies, which are something different), and only very slight differences in accent.
		Low German (including Anglo-Saxon) was not affected by the soundshift at all.
		The Low German band of this map shows less differentiation than the Middle and Upper bands, but Mecklenburg, West- and East Pomerania, Brandenburg and East Prussia certainly also have dialect variants of their own.
	www.stanford.edu /group/wais/Language/language_germanlang101302.html (1084 words)

	German Genealogy: Dialects
		This dialect, also called Danube Bavarian, occupies most of the Bavarian region including the Danube and the middle and lower Inn valleys and already in the early Middle Ages extended from the Lech to Bratislava (Pressburg).
		Low German, even Middle and Low Franconian (Flemish) elements have influence in the north, while characteristics of Main and East Franconianin appear in the south.
		North Frisian is spoken on the Hallig islands and the neighboring strip of mainland on the western coast of southern Jutland and Schleswig, with elements of Danish and Low German mixed in.
	www.genealogienetz.de /misc/dialect-e.html (1405 words)

	Reginheim
		Gutnish is a dialect that is spoken by an estimated 50.000 people on the island of Gotland, it is sometimes incorrectly considered to be a Swedish dialect but actually it is a separate dialect that descends from much older languages.
		Nether-Saxon dialects (in the Netherlands) are Gronings, Drents, Stellingwerfs, West-Overijssels, Sallands, Twents, Achterhoeks, and Veluws.
		She is not surprised that the knowledge of the dialect is the smallest on the Veluwe.
	www.geocities.com /reginheim/exampletexts.html (3239 words)

	The English word for "Germany" \| Antimoon Forum
		At the same time, you strongly insist on there being a strongly monolithic Dutch language by emphasizing on one hand the moribundness of Low Saxon in the Netherlands and on the other hand the "dialectness" of West Flemish.
		Low saxon isn't extinct, as I said somewhere before: in the provinces of Gelderland,Overijsel, Drente and Groningen a low saxon dialect is spoken.
		From how you have spoken, it seemed as if you thought it was more like you might be able to dig up someone in their 80s who speaks Low Saxon, for example, in the Netherlands.
	www.antimoon.com /forum/t3831-45.htm (1164 words)

	Dutch Low Saxon Dialects - Exeter German Dialects Linklist
		This comprehensive webpage on the Urks dialect has information on the nature and status of dialect, with sound files indicating how the dialect should be pronounced.
		Twente Low Saxon is spoken in the Twente region in the eastern part of the Netherlands.
		Veluws is a Low Saxon dialect from the Dutch province of Gelderland.
	www.people.ex.ac.uk /pjoyce/dialects/nlniesae2.html (299 words)

	Dutch Information Center - von dutch
		In the east there dutch dictionary is an extensive Low Saxon dialect area: the provinces of Groningen (Gronings), Drenthe and Overijssel are almost exclusively Low Saxon.
		Limburgish and Low Saxon have been elevated by the European Union to the legal status of streektaal dutch models (regional language), which causes some native speakers to consider them separate languages.
		Nowadays in The Netherlands only older people speak these dutch apple pie recipe dialects in the smaller villages, with the exception of the Low Saxon and Limburgish streektalen, which are actively promoted by some provinces and still in common use.
	www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Official_Languages_D_-_G/Dutch.html (4344 words)

	Dutch Dialects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		It is not a separate language, though the term is often used to distinguish the Dutch spoken in Flanders from that of the Netherlands.
		An oddity of West-Vlaams (and to a lesser extent, Oost-Vlaams) 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).
		Some dialects such as Limburgs and several Low Saxon dialects are sometimes elevated to the status of streektaal (area language), and then discussed as separate languages.
	www.dutchlanguage.info /dutch/dialects.asp (596 words)

	DIALECTS AND HIGH GERMAN
		Earlier this century, according to linguists, there were nearly four dozen distinct dialects of the language in use, and that was before the fine points of local variation were taken into account.
		The state of German's dialects was the topic of discussion among the more than 500 linguists from 26 nations who turned out recently (March 12-14) for the Institute for the German Language's annual meeting, held this year in Mannheim (Baden-Württemberg).
		Even among intellectuals and members of the urban middle class, he observes, there is a noticeable trend toward making use of dialects for the "earthy" flavor it imparts to language.
	www.serve.com /shea/germusa/dialects.htm (1186 words)

	What is the closest language to English? \| Antimoon Forum
		As for Low Saxon, Low Saxon is unambiguously a separate language from both German and Dutch; even though it shares some things with German that they do not share with Dutch, there are many things which German and Dutch share which Low Saxon, and in particular Northern Low Saxon, does not share with them.
		In general, Low Saxon has a more conservative phonology than German or Dutch, a few innovations such as reduction of certain consonant clusters, fronting of some back vowels, loss of many final schwas in roots, and in Northern Low Saxon the merger of /a:/ and /o:/ aside.
		Natuurlijk, sommige hier zijn er van overtuigd dat het een opzichzelfstaande taal is, jammer voor hen maar nee :-) het is, in sommige, gevallen een zeer gevorderd dialect maar vaak ook helemaal niet.
	www.antimoon.com /forum/t274-120.htm (1668 words)

	Brandenburgisch - Exeter German Dialects Linklist
		An overview of the Brandenburgisch dialects from Potsdam University.
		In the course of the 20th century, the regional Low Saxon dialect came to be absorbed into the common language variety of Berlin and Brandenburg.
		The Prussian Dictionary located in Kiel documents the dialects spoken in the former German provinces of East and West Prussia.
	www.ex.ac.uk /~pjoyce/dialects/ond2.html (566 words)

	Talk:Low German - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Actually, if I recall, the referring to Low Saxon alone (to the exclusion of Low Franconian) as "Low German" was an ideosyncratic edit owing to that most of these languages are spoken in Germany, but however, such languages are more accurately Low Saxon-Low Franconian languages in Germany (as opposed to the Netherlands or anywhere else).
		For example, Low Saxon is only spoken natively by 3 million people (and I think that's a very positive guess) Dutch alone is spoken by 22 million people natively.These 3 million speakers (mostly elders) are scattered over Northern Germany, it is very hard for me, to imagine a genuine dialect continuum between the two.
		I certainly agree that we should use the term Low German and not Low Saxon (except maybe in relation with Dutch Low Saxon), as Doric Loon and pfold have shown that this is the normal term in English linguistics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Low_German (12950 words)

	"Plat(t) Online": Participating Sites
		The region used to constitute a transitional area between Central Mercian and North Mercian Low Saxon (Low German).
		In the course of the 20th century, the regional Low Saxon dialect came to be absorbed into the common language variety of Berlin and Brandenburg.
		(Low German stories and reports from Albersloh (Low German "Abschlau"), a village near Munster in Westphalia, Germany, where Westphalian Low German is still occasionally spoken.
	www.sassisch.net /rhahn/low-saxon/po-sites.htm (2720 words)

	Linguistics 201: The Dialects of American English
		Because of the long history of dialect creation in the English speaking areas of Great Britain, there are more dialects of English in Britain than in America, Canada, and Australia combined.
		The upper class southern dialects and the dialects of the coastal southern areas (where few native Americans remained) were influenced by the English spoken by West Africans.
		Their speechways--mixed with those of later German and Swedish immigrants--gave rise to the distinctive band of dialects spoken in parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
	pandora.cii.wwu.edu /vajda/ling201/test3materials/AmericanDialects.htm (2244 words)

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		The dialect areas of England can be traced back quite clearly to the Germanic tribes which came and settled in Britain from the middle of the 5th century onwards.
		The Angles came from the area of Angeln (roughly the Schleswig-Holstein of today), the Saxons from the area of east and central Lower Saxony and the Jutes from the Jutland peninsula which forms west Denmark today.
		Of these three groups the most important are the Saxons as they established themselves as the politically dominant force in the Old English period.
	www.uni-essen.de /SHE/HE_DialectsOldEnglish.htm (938 words)

	Achterhoeks - Exeter German Dialects Linklist
		in Doetinchem is the centre for research into the dialect of Achterhoeks as well as local culture and folklore.
		An introduction to the Achterhoeks dialect and culture with a number of texts and sound files.
		Achterhook (Achterhoek) Low Saxon is spoken in the Dutch province of Gelderland’s Achterhoek area (west of Appeldoorn, Arnhem and Nijmegen, and south of Deventer).
	www.ex.ac.uk /~pjoyce/dialects/nlachter.html (250 words)

	Dialects
		The Upper German dialects described are: Alamannic, Bavarian-Austrian, South Franconian, East Franconian, and Langobardic.
		The Middle German dialects described are: Rhine Franconian, Mosel Franconian, Ripuarian, Thuringian, Upper Saxon and Silesian.
		The Low German dialects described are: Low Franconian and Low Saxon.
	web.uvic.ca /geru/472/472dialects.htm (1555 words)

	Achterhoeks - Exeter German Dialects Linklist
		in Doetinchem is the centre for research into the dialect of Achterhoeks as well as local culture and folklore.
		An introduction to the Achterhoeks dialect and culture with a number of texts and sound files.
		Achterhook (Achterhoek) Low Saxon is spoken in the Dutch province of Gelderland’s Achterhoek area (west of Appeldoorn, Arnhem and Nijmegen, and south of Deventer).
	www.people.ex.ac.uk /pjoyce/dialects/nlachter.html (250 words)

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