Elbingian | |
State: | Poland (formerly Germany) |
Region: | Elbingian upland (West Prussia, East Prussia) |
Ethnicity: | Germans |
Familycolor: | Indo-European |
Fam3: | West Germanic |
Fam4: | North Sea Germanic |
Fam5: | Low German |
Fam6: | East Low German |
Fam7: | Low Prussian |
Isoexception: | dialect |
Elbingian (German: Mundart der Elbinger Höhe|lit=dialect of the Elbingian upland[1]) was a subdialect of Low Prussian spoken in East Prussia and West Prussia in the region of the, north of Elbing.[2] It had a border with Oberländisch, Mundart des Kürzungsgebiets and Nehrungisch. It used to end shortly East of Elbing river.
There was a border of /i/, /e/ and /ar/ becoming /e/, /a/ and /or/ respectively in its area.[3] It has many features in common with Natangian.[4]