| Natangian | |
| State: | Poland and Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia (formerly Germany) |
| Region: | 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 |
Natangian (German: Natangisch) was a Low Prussian dialect, spoken in Natangen, East Prussia.[1]
It was spoken in Natangen around Zinten, Bartenstein, Friedland, Drengfurt and Rastenburg.[2] Natangian has or used to have a border with Breslausch (a High Prussian dialect), Mundart des Kürzungsgebiets, Ostsamländisch, Mundart des Ostgebietes, Westkäslausch and Ostkäslausch.[3] There was a border of Prince-Bishopric of Warmia to the state of the Teutonic Order, which also was the border of Natangian to Ostkäslausch.[4]
In difference to Samländisch, vowel breaking of every long e to ei and every o to ou and the word dirch are characteristic.[5] It has significant features shared with Mundart der Elbinger Höhe.[6] A is palatal.[7]