Low Saxon

West Low German
Native toGermany, Netherlands, Southern Denmark
SpeakersNative: 300,000 (2016)[1]
L2: 2.2 million[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-2nds for Low German
ISO 639-3Variously:
nds – (partial)
wep – Westphalian
frs – Eastern Frisian
gos – Gronings
stl – Stellingwerfs
drt – Drents
twd – Twents
act – Achterhoeks
sdz – Sallands
vel – Veluws
Glottologwest2357
West Low German area in yellow.

Low Saxon (Dutch: Nedersaksisch), also known as West Low German (German: Westniederdeutsch[2]) are a group of Low German dialects spoken in parts of the Netherlands, northwestern Germany and southern Denmark (in North Schleswig by parts of the German-speaking minority). It is one of two dialect groups, the other being East Low German.

  1. ^ a b (partial) at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Westphalian at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Eastern Frisian at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Gronings at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Stellingwerfs at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Drents at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    (Additional references under 'Language codes' in the information box)
  2. ^ Peter Wiesinger, Die Einteilung der deutschen Dialekte, in: Werner Besch, Ulrich Knoop, Wolfgang Putschke, Herbert Ernst Wiegand (eds.), Dialektologie. Ein Handbuch zur deutschen und allgemeinen Dialektforschung. Zweiter Halbband (series: Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (HSK), 1.2), 1983, p. 828

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