Elbingian Explained

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.

Phonology

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]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. A term already used in: Mundart der Elbinger Höhe. Mitgetheilt von D. Datt Spook, in: Neue Preußische Provinzial-Blätter. Mit Beiträgen von [...]. Im Namen der Alterthums-Gesellschaft Prussia herausgegeben von Dr. A. Hagen. Jahrgang 1847. Juli – December. / Band IV., Königsberg, 1847, p. 470–475 (https://books.google.com/books?id=ggYqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA470)
  2. Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 137 (map Die ostpreußischen Mundarten)
  3. Heinrich Siemens: Plautdietsch. tweeback verlag, Bonn, p. 45/46
  4. Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 132