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  Pomeranian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pomeranian language, and its only surviving form, Kashubian, traditionally haven't been recognized by the majority of Polish linguists and have been treated in Poland as "the most distinct dialect of Polish".
The bill passed by the Polish parliament in 2005 recognizes Kashubian as the only regional language in the Republic of Poland and provides for its use in official contexts in 10 communes where Kashubian speakers constitute at least 20 percent of the population.
Pommersch Platt is the dialect of the German Pomeranians (Pommern) in western Pomerania, which today is included in the Bundesland of Germany called Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pomeranian_language   (610 words)

  
 Wikipedia: Pomeranian language
Pomeranian (German Pommersch) is an East Low German dialect.
It is the language of the German Pomeranians in western Pomerania, which today is included in the Bundesland of Germany called Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
A dialect of Kashubian language, Slovincian became extinct around 1945.
www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/p/po/pomeranian_language.html   (143 words)

  
 Pomeranian language - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Pomeranian is a group of Lechitic dialects which were spoken in the Middle Ages on the territory of Pomerania, between the Odra and Vistula rivers.
Following the Germanization of Pomerania, the population switched to varieties of the Low German language and most of the Pomeranian dialects suffered extinction.
The name Pomeranian is also sometimes applied to East Low German dialects (German Pommersch or Pommersch Platt).
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Pomeranian_language   (633 words)

  
 Old Norse language peee.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Old Norse is the Germanic languages once spoken by the inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300.
Until the 13th century these three dialects were considered by their speakers to be one and the same language, and they called it dansk tunga (in the eastern dialect) or dönsk tunga (in the western dialect).
Its modern descendants are the West Scandinavian languages of Icelandic language, Faroese language, Norwegian language and the extinct Norn language of the Orkney and the Shetland Islands as well as the East Scandinavian languages of Danish language and Swedish language.
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 Ebook More Info -English language - Free For You.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The English language belongs to the western sub-branch of the Germanic languages of the Indo-European languages family of languages.
English is the language most often studied as a foreign language in the European Union (by 89% of schoolchildren), followed by French (32%), German (18%), and Spanish (8%).
Language death caused by English has been particularly pronounced in areas such as Australia and North America where speakers of indigenous language s have been displaced or absorbed by speakers of English in the process of colonisation.
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 Anglo-Frisian languages oddd.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The language was further altered by the transition away from the runic alphabet (also known as futhorc) to the Latin alphabet, which was also a significant factor in the developmental pressures brought to bear on the language.
A model of Language revival to which many enthusiasts aspire, is that of the Catalan language in areas spanning parts of Spain, France, Andorra and Italy, particularly as regards the situation of Catalan in Catalonia itself.
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.
www.oddd.org /en/Anglo-Frisian+languages   (11934 words)

  
 German-Brazilian -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The percentages become higher in some cities, for example, in the town of Pomerode, in Santa Catarina, 90% of the population are Brazilians of German descent, and the main local language is Pomeranian dialect.
This is mainly due to the prohibition of German teaching in schools and the publication of German newspapers (together with Italian and Japanese) during World War II, when Brazil broke off relations with Germany (and also with the other Axis Powers Italy and Japan of Axis Powers).
German schools were closed, houses with German architecture were destroyed and the use of the German language in Brazil was also forbidden.
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 Demographics of Brazil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Brazilian language Língua Geral which is now almost extinct, at one time, until the late 1800s, was the common language used by a large number of indigenous, African, and African-descendent peoples throughout the coast of Brazil — it was spoken by the majority of the population in the land.
More and more the reasoning is that if languages are a human capital of great value to some, perhaps they should be considered valuable to one all.
Languages: Portuguese is the official language and spoken by most of the population.
demographics-of-brazil.ask.dyndns.dk   (1824 words)

  
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German is the third most taught foreign language worldwide, also in the USA (after Spanish and French); it is the second most known foreign language in the EU (after English; see [http://europa.eu.int/comm/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_237.en.pdf]) It is one of the official languages of the European Union.
This language was based on Eastern Upper and Eastern Central German dialects and preserved much of the grammatical system of Middle High German (unlike the spoken German dialects in Central and Upper Germany that already at that time began to lose the genitive case and the preterit tense).
The Low Germanic languages are distinguished from the High Germanic languages principally in that the latter underwent a consonant shift in the 700s and 800s.
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 Low German   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
To the East, it is neighboured by the Kashubian language (the only remnant of the Pomeranian language) and, since increased Polonization of Pomerania, also by the Polish language.
To the North and Northwest, it is neighboured by the Danish language and by the Frisian language.
It was the lingua franca of the Hanseatic League, used all around the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, exerting strong influences on local languages, especially on the Scandinavian languages, on Kashubian and on Estonian.
www.hollistercaus.com /profile/Low_German   (1645 words)

  
 Brazil, hotels, cars, information, tips
The Língua Geral which is now almost extinct, at one time, until the seventeenth century, was the common language used by indigenous and African and African descendent captives throughout the coast of Brazil - in other words, it was spoken by the majority of the population in the land.
Portuguese is the first language of almost 99% of the population but Brazil is a very rich cultural and linguistic mosaic.
The few who cannot speak the national language are the more precious for it and to be recognized and appreciated for their unique status.
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 Pomeranian Grooming
Pomeranian language is not Slavic, because Pommern or Pomeranian language is German.
---- The Pomeranian language is one of the Slavic languages that was made as a result of separation from the west-slav dialect.
The Pomeranian Voivodship (in Polish ''województwo pomorskie'') is an administrative region or voivodship in northern Poland within the historic region of Eastern Pomerania.
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 [ information-center.be | Low_Saxon Resources ]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
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.
Based on the language of Lübeck, a standardized written language was developing, though it was never codified.
Today efforts are made in Germany and in the Netherlands to protect Low German as a regional language, nowadays various Low German dialects are understood by 10 million people, and native to about 3 million people all around northern Germany, most of these speakers are located in rural villages and are often senior citizens.
information-center.be /Low_Saxon.html   (1791 words)

  
 A Question to all: [...] | Antimoon Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The place where I study are people from all over Germany and they mostly use their dialect (of course only in private conversations), and a few speak a kind of mixture between their dialect and the standard form (which sounds like High German to somebody from a different country).
Low German languages such as Dutch and Afrikaans are closer to this "German" than high German variants like Standard German or Yiddish.
There was however, in the past a language called 'Low German' language, this wasn't the ancestor of modern low german languages, but just a language of it own.
www.antimoon.com /forum/t2823-30.htm   (1353 words)

  
 wikien.info: Low_Saxon_language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Although often considered a variation of German, in many aspects it is more like Dutch, which is based on closely related Low Franconian dialects.
There is a lot of information about the Low Saxon language to be found online.
A selection of these links can be found on this page, which will provide a good frame work to understand the history, current situation and features of the language.
www.wikien.info /index.php?title=Low_Saxon_language   (870 words)

  
 Low_german info here at en.getsearchinformation.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Low Saxon (Low German) is a Germanic language that is the direct descendant of the Old Saxon language.
Low Saxon is a Germanic language that is the direct descendant of the Old Saxon language.
It is the indigenous language of Northern Directory of Genealogy sites genealogy search Reference Dictionaries World Languages G German Low German section.
en.getsearchinformation.info /Low_German   (2100 words)

  
 [ information-center.be | German Brazilian Resources ]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
However, northerners and southerners differ due to nearly two centuries of separate social evolution in Russian/Soviet-influenced Azerbaijan and Iranian Azarbaijan.
The Azerbaijani language unifies Azeris and is mutually intelligible with Turkmen and Turkish.
As a result of this separate existence, the Azeris are mainly secularists in Azerbaijan and religious Muslims in Iranian Azarbaijan.
information-center.be /German-Brazilian.html   (1055 words)

  
 From The President:
The annual essay contest, initiated by the German-American Chamber of Commerce last year to recognize the importance of language learning at the secondary level, is open to all high school students in Minnesota.
Entitled "Wi Snack Platt," this year's conference focuses on the Low German spoken in the Midwest, and the renaissance of interest in the language and culture of areas where Low German is spoken.
Today, although no longer the language of economics and business, "the uniquely warm and expressive nature of the Low German language thankfully still resonates in several parts of the world,” bringing people from all social classes and both sides of the Atlantic together (Stockmann, 440).
courseweb.stthomas.edu /paschons/language_http/aatg/mnaatgf99.html   (2415 words)

  
 Pomeranian language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
According to Florian Ceynowa, today the only living descendand of Lekhitic Pomeranian is Kashubian language spoken in Eastern Pomerania (Pomeranian Voivodship).
---- Pomeranian (German Pommersch) is an East Low German dialect.
de:Pommersche Dialekte pl:Języki pomorskie Category:Languages of Poland Category:Low German languages Category:Slavic languages
pomeranian-language.kiwiki.homeip.net   (275 words)

  
 Pomeranian language Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Pomeranian language Info - Bored Net - Boredom
Pomeranian (German Pommersch) is a Low Saxon dialect.
It is a form of Low Saxon with Slavic influence.
www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/p/po/pomeranian_language.html   (86 words)

  
 MKI Events: Fall 2001
Joseph Salmons and Antje Petty: "Pommersch Language and Culture in Wisconsin"
Glenn G. Gilbert: "Atlases of the Language of the Descendants of German Immigrants in the United States: A Comparison of Pennsylvania and Texas."
The former is united through common religion and language, while the latter is based on politics, society and history.
csumc.wisc.edu /mki/News/UpcomingEvents/lec-fa01.html   (569 words)

  
 Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Northern Low Saxon language serves as a common intelligible language in TV and
The distinction between Low Saxon, East Low German and Low Franconian or High German (on the other side) is not precisely defined; there are several clines that vary smoothly from one dialect to another.
standard language in many regions of northern Germany until it was replaced for that purpose by Standard German (a
www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Low_Saxon.html   (681 words)

  
 Low German info here at en.brannew.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Classification and related languages ə This article contains nonstandard pronunciation information which should be rewritten using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Varieties of Low German The Low German or Low Saxon languages indicated in green shades.
In Germany West Low Saxon Northern Low Saxon Westphalian language Eastphalian language East Low Saxon Mecklenburgisch-Pommersch Brandenburgisch East Pomeranian Low Prussian Plautdietsch (Mennonite Low Saxon, used also in many other countries) Low German In the Netherlands
en.brannew.info /Low_German   (2018 words)

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