Low Saxon ( Dutch : Nedersaksisch ), also known as West Low German ( German : Westniederdeutsch ) are a group of Low German dialects spoken in parts of the Netherlands , northwestern Germany and southern Denmark (in North Schleswig by parts of the German-speaking minority). It is one of two dialect groups, the other being East Low German .
3-527: The Este ( German pronunciation ) ( Low Saxon : Eest ) is a 63.6-kilometre-long (39.5 mi) left-bank tributary of the river Elbe that flows through Lower Saxony and Hamburg , Germany . This Hamburg location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Lower Saxony is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Low Saxon dialect The language area comprises
6-788: The North German states of Lower Saxony , North Rhine-Westphalia (the Westphalian part), Bremen , Hamburg , Schleswig-Holstein and Saxony-Anhalt (the northwestern areas around Magdeburg ) as well as the northeast of the Netherlands (i.e. Dutch Low Saxon , spoken in Groningen , Drenthe , Overijssel and northern Gelderland ) and the Schleswigsch dialect spoken by the North Schleswig Germans in
9-555: The southernmost part of Denmark. In the south the Benrath line and Uerdingen line isoglosses form the border with the area, where West Central German variants of High German are spoken. While Dutch is a Low Franconian language , the Dutch Low Saxon varieties form a dialect continuum with Westphalian . They consist of: A 2005 study found that there were approximately 1.8 million "daily speakers" of Low Saxon in
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