Elbingian

Elbingian
Elbingian
Mundart der Elbinger Höhe
Native to	Poland (formerly Germany)
Region	Elbingian upland (West Prussia, East Prussia)
Ethnicity	Germans
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic North Sea Germanic Low German East Low German Low Prussian Elbingian; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

Elbingian (German: Mundart der Elbinger Höhe, lit. 'dialect of the Elbingian upland') was a subdialect of Low Prussian spoken in East Prussia and West Prussia in the region of the [de; pl], north of Elbląg.^[1] It had a border with Oberländisch, Mundart des Kürzungsgebiets, and Nehrungisch. It is related to Plautdietsch, which has far more speakers. The 1882 edition of dictionary of dialects includes Mundart der Elbinger Höhe using this wording.

Phonology[]

There was a border of /i, e and ar/ becoming /e, a and or/ respectively in its area.^[2]^[3] It has many features in common with Natangian.^[4]

References[]

^ Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt, 1924, p. 137
^ Heinrich Siemens: Plautdietsch. tweeback verlag, Bonn, p. 45/46
^ Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt, 1924, p. 137
^ Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt, 1924, p. 132

Bibliography[]

Kuhn, Willi (2010). Schuch, Hans J. (ed.). Die niederdeutsche Mundart auf der Elbinger Höhe: Kliene Geschichtye toomarettlache opp Plutt utdee Kinger unn Schooltied (in German). Truso.
Anonymous (1849). Datt Spook. Eine Geschichte aus dem Volksleben in der Mundart der Elbinger Höhe (in German). Elbing: Neumann-Hartmann.

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[1] Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt, 1924, p. 137

[2] Heinrich Siemens: Plautdietsch. tweeback verlag, Bonn, p. 45/46

[3] Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt, 1924, p. 137

[4] Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt, 1924, p. 132

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