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{{Short description|Low Prussian dialect of Poland}}
{{Short description|Low Prussian dialect of Poland}}
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|state = [[Poland]] and [[Kaliningrad Oblast]], [[Russia]] (formerly [[German Empire|Germany]])
|region = [[East Prussia]]
|region = [[East Prussia]]
|ethnicity=[[Germans]]
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== Geography ==
== Geography ==
It was spoken in Natangen around [[Kornevo|Zinten]], [[Bartoszyce|Bartenstein]], [[Pravdinsk|Friedland]], [[Srokowo|Drengfurt]] and [[Kętrzyn|Rastenburg]].<ref>Walther Ziesemer, ''Die ostpreußischen Mundarten'', Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 137 (map ''Die ostpreußischen Mundarten'')</ref> Natangian has or used to have a border with [[Breslausch]] (a [[High Prussian]] dialect), [[Mundart des Kürzungsgebiets]], [[Ostsamländisch]], [[Mundart des Ostgebietes]], [[Westkäslausch]] and [[Ostkäslausch]].<ref>{{cite book | editor-last1 = Bense | editor-first1 = Gertrud | editor-last2 = Kozianka | editor-first2 = Maria | editor-last3 = Meinhold | editor3-first = Gottfried | title = Deutsch-Litauische Kulturbeziehungen | date = 1995 | url = http://www.tausendschoen-verlag.de/PDF/Memelland.pdf | publisher = Universitätsverlag Druckhaus Mayer Jena | isbn = 3925978380}}</ref> There was a border of Prince-Bishopric of Warmia to the state of the [[Teutonic Order]], which also was the border of Natangian to Ostkäslausch.<ref>Walther Mitzka. ''Kleine Schriften''. Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1968, p. 298</ref>
It was spoken in Natangen around Zinten, [[Bartoszyce|Bartenstein]], [[Pravdinsk|Friedland]], [[Srokowo|Drengfurt]] and [[Kętrzyn|Rastenburg]].<ref>Walther Ziesemer, ''Die ostpreußischen Mundarten'', Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 137 (map ''Die ostpreußischen Mundarten'')</ref> Natangian has or used to have a border with [[Breslausch]] (a [[High Prussian]] dialect), [[Mundart des Kürzungsgebiets]], [[Ostsamländisch]], [[Mundart des Ostgebietes]], [[Westkäslausch]] and [[Ostkäslausch]].<ref>{{cite book | editor-last1 = Bense | editor-first1 = Gertrud | editor-last2 = Kozianka | editor-first2 = Maria | editor-last3 = Meinhold | editor3-first = Gottfried | title = Deutsch-Litauische Kulturbeziehungen | date = 1995 | url = http://www.tausendschoen-verlag.de/PDF/Memelland.pdf | publisher = Universitätsverlag Druckhaus Mayer Jena | isbn = 3925978380}}</ref> There was a border of Prince-Bishopric of Warmia to the state of the [[Teutonic Order]], which also was the border of Natangian to Ostkäslausch.<ref>Walther Mitzka. ''Kleine Schriften''. Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1968, p. 298</ref>


== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==

Revision as of 09:34, 18 August 2023

Natangian
Native toPoland and Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia (formerly Germany)
RegionEast Prussia
EthnicityGermans
Language codes
ISO 639-3

Natangian (Natangisch) was a Low Prussian dialect, spoken in Natangen, East Prussia.[1]

Geography

It was spoken in Natangen around Zinten, Bartenstein, Friedland, Drengfurt and Rastenburg.[2] Natangian has or used to have a border with Breslausch (a High Prussian dialect), Mundart des Kürzungsgebiets, Ostsamländisch, Mundart des Ostgebietes, Westkäslausch and Ostkäslausch.[3] There was a border of Prince-Bishopric of Warmia to the state of the Teutonic Order, which also was the border of Natangian to Ostkäslausch.[4]

Phonology

In difference to Samländisch, vowel breaking of every long e to ei and every o to ou and the word dirch are characteristic.[5] It has significant features shared with Mundart der Elbinger Höhe.[6] A is palatal.[7]

References

  1. ^ Walther Ziesemer, Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Proben und Darstellung, Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau 1924, p. 125 and 129 in the section 6. Das Niederpreußische
  2. ^ Walther Ziesemer, Die ostpreußischen Mundarten, Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 137 (map Die ostpreußischen Mundarten)
  3. ^ Bense, Gertrud; Kozianka, Maria; Meinhold, Gottfried, eds. (1995). Deutsch-Litauische Kulturbeziehungen (PDF). Universitätsverlag Druckhaus Mayer Jena. ISBN 3925978380.
  4. ^ Walther Mitzka. Kleine Schriften. Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1968, p. 298
  5. ^ Walther Ziesemer, Die ostpreußischen Mundarten, Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 129
  6. ^ Walther Ziesemer, Die ostpreußischen Mundarten, Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 132
  7. ^ Walther Mitzka. Kleine Schriften zur Sprachgeschichte und Sprachgeographie. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1968, p. 324