Low German
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Low German is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in northern Germany and the eastern Netherlands that is distinct from standard German. It matters because it represents an important regional linguistic tradition in Northern Europe with its own speakers and cultural heritage.
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Low German is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in the Russian Mennonite diaspora worldwide. "Low" refers to the altitude of the areas where it is typically spoken.
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Cleanup tagged articles with a reason field from October 2017German-language dialectsISO language articles citing sources other than EthnologueLanguage articles with Linguasphere codeLanguage articles with old speaker dataLanguages of GermanyLanguages with ISO 639-2 codeLow GermanNorth Sea GermanicWest Germanic languages