Low German
E15027
Low German is a West Germanic language traditionally spoken in northern Germany and parts of the Netherlands, known for its distinct phonology and vocabulary that set it apart from Standard German.
All labels observed (23)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Low German canonical | 100 |
| West Low German | 9 |
| East Low German | 4 |
| Modern Low German | 4 |
| Westphalian Low German | 4 |
| Low Saxon | 3 |
| Niederdeutsch | 2 |
| Plattdeutsch | 2 |
| Altniederdeutsch | 1 |
| Baltic Low German | 1 |
| Eastphalian Low German | 1 |
| Low German Saxon | 1 |
| Low German dialect area | 1 |
| Low German languages | 1 |
| Low German people | 1 |
| Low German-speaking area | 1 |
| Low Prussian | 1 |
| Middle Low German | 1 |
| Nedersaksisch | 1 |
| Northern Low Saxon | 1 |
| Old Low German | 1 |
| Oldenburgisch | 1 |
| Plautdietsch | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T135306 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Low German Context triple: [Danish language, influencedBy, Low German]
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A.
Old High German
Old High German is the earliest recorded stage of the German language, spoken in parts of what is now Germany, Austria, and Switzerland roughly between the 6th and 11th centuries.
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B.
Old Dutch
Old Dutch is the earliest recorded stage of the Dutch language, spoken in the Low Countries roughly between the 6th and 12th centuries and known from a small corpus of early medieval texts and inscriptions.
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C.
German
German is a West Germanic language widely spoken in Central Europe and used as an official language in several countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Luxembourg.
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D.
Middle Dutch
Middle Dutch is the group of closely related West Germanic dialects spoken and written in the Low Countries roughly between 1150 and 1500, forming the historical linguistic stage between Old Dutch and modern Dutch.
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E.
Limburgish (Dutch variety)
Limburgish (Dutch variety) is a group of closely related Low Franconian dialects spoken in the southeastern Netherlands, particularly in the province of Limburg, characterized by features that distinguish it from standard Dutch and neighboring German dialects.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Low German Target entity description: Low German is a West Germanic language traditionally spoken in northern Germany and parts of the Netherlands, known for its distinct phonology and vocabulary that set it apart from Standard German.
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A.
Old High German
Old High German is the earliest recorded stage of the German language, spoken in parts of what is now Germany, Austria, and Switzerland roughly between the 6th and 11th centuries.
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B.
Old Dutch
Old Dutch is the earliest recorded stage of the Dutch language, spoken in the Low Countries roughly between the 6th and 12th centuries and known from a small corpus of early medieval texts and inscriptions.
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C.
German
German is a West Germanic language widely spoken in Central Europe and used as an official language in several countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Luxembourg.
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D.
Middle Dutch
Middle Dutch is the group of closely related West Germanic dialects spoken and written in the Low Countries roughly between 1150 and 1500, forming the historical linguistic stage between Old Dutch and modern Dutch.
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E.
Limburgish (Dutch variety)
Limburgish (Dutch variety) is a group of closely related Low Franconian dialects spoken in the southeastern Netherlands, particularly in the province of Limburg, characterized by features that distinguish it from standard Dutch and neighboring German dialects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ingvaeonic language
ⓘ
West Germanic language ⓘ minority language ⓘ regional language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Low German
ⓘ
surface form:
Low Saxon
Low German ⓘ
surface form:
Nedersaksisch
Low German ⓘ
surface form:
Niederdeutsch
Low German ⓘ
surface form:
Plattdeutsch
|
| hasAncestor |
Middle Low German
ⓘ
Old Saxon ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
distinct phonology from Standard German
ⓘ
distinct vocabulary from Standard German ⓘ lacks High German consonant shift ⓘ relatively low degree of inflection compared to High German ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Brandenburgisch
ⓘ
Low German self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
East Low German
Eastphalian ⓘ Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ
surface form:
Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch
Low German self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Low Saxon
Low German self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Plautdietsch
Low German self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
West Low German
Westphalian ⓘ |
| hasEstimatedSpeakers | several million ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | lowg1239 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | nds ⓘ |
| hasLanguageBranch |
West Germanic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
West Germanic
|
| hasLanguageFamily |
Germanic
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European
|
| hasLegalStatus |
recognized regional language in Germany
ⓘ
recognized regional language in the Netherlands ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
monophthongization of certain diphthongs
ⓘ
preservation of /p t k/ where High German has /pf ts kx/ ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
use of double negation in some dialects
ⓘ
verb-second word order in main clauses ⓘ |
| hasTypicalWord |
Moin (greeting)
ⓘ
Platt ⓘ Snack (meaning talk) ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| isMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
Dutch (partially)
ⓘ
Frisian (partially) ⓘ |
| isProtectedUnder | European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages ⓘ |
| isRegulatedBy | Institut für niederdeutsche Sprache ⓘ |
| isSpokenIn |
Brandenburg
ⓘ
German Brazilians ⓘ
surface form:
Brazil (Mennonite communities)
Bremen ⓘ Canada (Mennonite communities) ⓘ Denmark ⓘ
surface form:
Denmark (South Jutlandic Low German communities)
Drenthe, Netherlands ⓘ
surface form:
Drenthe
Friesland ⓘ
surface form:
Friesland (Netherlands)
Gelderland ⓘ Groningen ⓘ Hamburg ⓘ Lower Saxony ⓘ Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ Mexico ⓘ
surface form:
Mexico (Mennonite communities)
Overijssel ⓘ Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ Schleswig-Holstein ⓘ Mennonites ⓘ
surface form:
United States (Mennonite communities)
eastern Netherlands ⓘ north-eastern Netherlands ⓘ Northern Germany ⓘ
surface form:
northern Germany
|
| subclassOf |
Germanic language
ⓘ
Indo-European language ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Low German Description of subject: Low German is a West Germanic language traditionally spoken in northern Germany and parts of the Netherlands, known for its distinct phonology and vocabulary that set it apart from Standard German.
Referenced by (143)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.