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==Articles== | ==Articles== | ||
The Masculine and Feminine genders take the article '''de'''. The Neuter form takes the article '''dat'''. The plural for all this is '''de'''. This makes it very close to its cousin of [[Dutch]] which has a similar pattern (save '''het''' instead of '''dat'''.) | The Masculine and Feminine genders take the definite article '''de'''. The Neuter form takes the article '''dat'''. The plural for all this is '''de'''. This makes it very close to its cousin of [[Dutch]] which has a similar pattern (save '''het''' instead of '''dat'''.) | ||
The Indefinite article is the same for all, it is '''een''', '''en''', and ''''n'''. | The Indefinite article is the same for all, it is '''een''', '''en''', and ''''n'''. | ||
Revision as of 09:37, 1 February 2009
| Low German Nedersaksisch Plattdüütsch | |
| Spoken in: | Germany, Netherlands, Denamrk (Norddütschland) |
| Conworld: | Real world |
| Total speakers: | unknown |
| Genealogical classification: | Indo-European
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| Basic word order: | SVO, OVS/V2 |
| Morphological type: | inflecting |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | nominative-accusative |
| Writing system: | |
| Created by: | |
| unknown | 1800-Present C.E. |
History and Stages
- Stages of Low German
- Old Saxon
- Middle Low Saxon
- Low Saxon aka Low German
Difference between High and Low German
High German differs from other West German languages such as Low German, English, and Dutch in that High German when through the High German Consonant Shift. The High German Consonant Shift (or HGCS) is the sound shift where;
- Non-geminated voicless stops became fricatives,
- Geminated, nasal-adjacent and liquid-adjacent voiceless stops became affricates,
- Voiced stops became voiceless stops, and finally
- All interdental fricatives (/ð/ and /θ/) became the dental stop and/or Alveolar stop /d̻/ and /d/.
The last stage was shared by Low German and Dutch.
Orthography
Because there is no standard dialect of Low German, there is no standard orthography. It can often differ by region.
Grammar
Gender and Number
There are three genders in Low German: Neuter, Masculine, and Feminine. There are two numbers as well: Singular and Plural.
Articles
The Masculine and Feminine genders take the definite article de. The Neuter form takes the article dat. The plural for all this is de. This makes it very close to its cousin of Dutch which has a similar pattern (save het instead of dat.)
The Indefinite article is the same for all, it is een, en, and 'n.
