| West Low German | ||
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| Spoken in | Germany, Netherlands, Denmark | |
| Total speakers | 10,000,000 (Estimation) | |
| Language family | Indo-European
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | None | |
| ISO 639-2 | nds | |
| ISO 639-3 | nds | |
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West Low German (also known as Low Saxon, or Plattdeutsch in German) is a group of Low German dialects spoken in the Northwest German states of Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia (the Westphalian part), Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Saxony-Anhalt (western areas), in the northeast of the Netherlands and by a minority in the southernmost part of Denmark. Together with East Low German it forms Low German.
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List of dialects
In Germany
In the Netherlands
The Dutch Low Saxon varieties, which are also defined as Dutch dialects, consist of:
- Westerkwartiers
- Kollumerpompsters
- Kollumerlands
- Middaglands
- Midden-Westerkwartiers
- Zuid-Westerkwartiers
- Gronings and Noord-Drents
- Hoogelandsters
- Stadsgronings
- Westerwolds
- Veenkoloniaals
- Oldambtsters
- Stellingwerfs
- Midden-Drents
- Zuid-Drents
- Twents
- Twents-Graafschaps
- Gelders-Overijssels
- Achterhoeks
- Sallands
- Urkers
- Veluws
In Denmark
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- South Jutland County (former Northern Schleswig)
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