Natangian
| Natangian | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Poland and Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia (formerly Germany) |
| Region | East Prussia |
| Ethnicity | Germans |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Natangian (Natangisch) was a Low Prussian dialect, spoken in Natangen, East Prussia.[1]
Geography
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Walther Ziesemer, Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Proben und Darstellung, Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau 1924, p. 125 and 129 in the section 6. Das Niederpreußische
- ^ Walther Ziesemer, Die ostpreußischen Mundarten, Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 137 (map Die ostpreußischen Mundarten)
- ^ Bense, Gertrud; Kozianka, Maria; Meinhold, Gottfried, eds. (1995). Deutsch-Litauische Kulturbeziehungen (PDF). Universitätsverlag Druckhaus Mayer Jena. ISBN 3925978380.
- ^ 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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