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<ref>http://www.tausendschoen-verlag.de/PDF/Memelland.pdf</ref> In difference to Samländisch, vowel breaking of every long e
<ref>http://www.tausendschoen-verlag.de/PDF/Memelland.pdf</ref> In difference to Samländisch, vowel breaking of every long e
to ei and every o to ou and the word ''dirch'' are characteristic. <ref>Walther Ziesemer: ''Die ostpreußischen Mundarten'' Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 129</ref>
to ei and every o to ou and the word ''dirch'' are characteristic. <ref>Walther Ziesemer: ''Die ostpreußischen Mundarten'' Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 129</ref>
It has significant features shared with Mundart der Elbinger Höhe.<ref>Walther Ziesemer: ''Die ostpreußischen Mundarten'' Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 132</ref>
It has significant features shared with [[Mundart der Elbinger Höhe]].<ref>Walther Ziesemer: ''Die ostpreußischen Mundarten'' Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 132</ref>
== Notes ==
== Notes ==



Revision as of 09:04, 1 May 2021

Natangian is a part of Low Prussian, belonging to Low German. It is from East Prussia. The name is from the Natangians, a tribe of the Old Prussians. [1] It is or used to be spoken around Kornevo, Bartoszyce, Pravdinsk, Srokowo and Kętrzyn. [2] Natangian has or used to have a border with Standard German, Mundart des Kürzungsgebiets, Westkäslausch, Ostsamländisch, Mundart des Ostgebiets, Ostkäslausch and Breslausch. [3] In difference to Samländisch, vowel breaking of every long e to ei and every o to ou and the word dirch are characteristic. [4] It has significant features shared with Mundart der Elbinger Höhe.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ http://zeitung.pl/mundartgruppen-in-ehemaligen-ostpreusen/
  2. ^ Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 137
  3. ^ http://www.tausendschoen-verlag.de/PDF/Memelland.pdf
  4. ^ Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 129
  5. ^ Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 132