Ostkäslausch

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Ostkäslausch
Ostkäslausch
Native toPoland (formerly Germany)
RegionWarmia, East Prussia
EthnicityGermans
Language codes
ISO 639-3

Ostkäslausch is a Low Prussian dialect of Low German spoken in an area of Poland, that used to be part of Germany.

Geography[edit]

It used to be or is spoken in Warmia in East Prussia.[1] [2] Its border ran through Warmia.[3] Ostkäslausch used to be spoken around Reszel and used to have borders to Breslausch, Natangian and Standard German.[1] [2] It has features of Eastphalian, Westphalian and East Pomeranian dialect. [4] [5]

The Eastern border of Ostkäslausch was the old border of Catholic Warmia to Protestant State of the Teutonic Order, it bordered to Natangian.[3][6] It occurred, that Ostkäslausch and High Prussian were spoken in the same village. [7]

Phonology[edit]

There is gutturalisation of nd and nt to ng; usually an i added (Schtuing 'hour', cf. Standard German Stunde), but not in the preterite of strong verbs (jebunge 'bound', cf. Standard German gebunden).[8] Ostkäslausche also has diphthongization of e and long o after ei and ou.[8] O frequently has become io or iu.[9] Ostkäslausch has influence of High Prussian.[9] Most cases of Natangian diphthongization of e to ei and every o to ou occur in Ostkäslausch.[8]

Grammar[edit]

It has the preterite forms kam and nam.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Deutsch-litauische Kulturbeziehungen" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-09-13.
  2. ^ a b Ziesemer, Walther. Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt, 1924, p. 137.
  3. ^ a b Mitzka, Walther. Grundzüge nordostdeutscher Sprachgeschichte. Elwert, 1959, p. 51
  4. ^ Mitzka, Walther. Grundzüge nordostdeutscher Sprachgeschichte. Elwert, 1959, p. 50
  5. ^ Mitzka, Walther. Grundzüge nordostdeutscher Sprachgeschichte. Elwert, 1959, p. 54
  6. ^ [???]. Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1968, p. 298
  7. ^ Mitzka, Walther. Grundzüge nordostdeutscher Sprachgeschichte. Elwert, 1959, p. 53
  8. ^ a b c Ziesemer, Walther. Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt, 1924, p. 130.
  9. ^ a b Ziesemer, Walther. Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt, 1924, p. 131.
  10. ^ Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 132