Natangian
| Natagian | |
|---|---|
| Natangisch-Bartisch | |
| Native to | Poland (formerly Germany) |
| Region | East Prussia |
| Ethnicity | Germans |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Natangian was Low Prussian dialect of Low German. It is from East Prussia. The name is from the Natangians, a tribe of the Old Prussians.[1]
Geography
It was 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 Ostgebietes, Ostkäslausch and Breslausch.[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
- ^ "Mundartgruppen in ehemaligen Ostpreußen". March 2012.
- ^ Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 137
- ^ http://www.tausendschoen-verlag.de/PDF/Memelland.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Walther Mitzka. Kleine Schriften. Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1968, p. 298
- ^ Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 129
- ^ Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 132
- ^ Walther Mitzka. Kleine Schriften zur Sprachgeschichte und Sprachgeographie. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1968, p. 324
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