Samlandic
| Samlandic | |
|---|---|
| Samländisch | |
| Native to | Poland, Russia (formerly Germany) |
| Region | East Prussia |
| Ethnicity | Germans |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
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Samlandic was a Low Prussian dialect of Low German. It was divided into Ostsamländisch and Westsamländisch.[1] Both were from East Prussia.[2]
Geography
[edit | edit source]Westsamländisch was spoken West of Königsberg.[2] Westsamländisch had a border with Ostsamländisch.[2]
Ostsamländisch was spoken around Königsberg, Labiau and Wehlau.[2] Ostsamländisch had a border with Natangian, Westsamländisch and Eastern Low Prussian.[2]
Samlandic was spoken around Neukuhren and Heydekrug.[3]
Phonology
[edit | edit source]Westsamländisch has, in contrast to the remainder of Samlandic, for (I) go, (I) stand etc. jon, schton etc.[3] O before R is spoken with a long vowel.[3] It has ick sint meaning I am and tije for ten.[3] Westsamländisch has long u as long ü.[3] A is palatal.[4] It has dorx (with the ach-Laut) for High German durch, English through.[5]
History
[edit | edit source]During the latter age of the Teutonic order, Latvian-Curonian fishermen came to nowadays Pionerski, Primorye, and Filino.[6]
Culture
[edit | edit source]Anke van Tharaw is a poem written in Samlandic.
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Wanda Nimtz-Wendlandt: Die Nehringer, Elwert, 1986. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
References
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- ^ a b c d e Thorwald Poschenrieder, Deutsch- und baltischsprachige Preußen des Memellandes, in: Collegium Europaeum Jenense an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena: Deutsch-litauische Kulturbeziehungen: Kolloquium zu Ehren von August Schleicher an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena vom 19. bis 20. Mai 1994. Herausgegeben von Gertrud Bense, Maria Kozianka, Gottfried Meinhold. Ausgabe 1995, Jena, 1995, p. 109–150, here esp. p. 130 (map Die Sprachen und deutschen Mundarten Ostpreußens)
Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). - ^ a b c d e Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt, 1924, p. 127
- ^ Walther Mitzka. Kleine Schriften zur Sprachgeschichte und Sprachgeographie. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1968, p. 324
- ^ Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 133
- ^ Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt, 1924, p. 128
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