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Low German
noun
noun
a language of N Germany, spoken esp in rural areas: more closely related to Dutch than to standard High German
Also calledPlattdeutsch
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See also German High German
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Still speaking Plautdietsch - a blend of Low German, Prussian dialects and Dutch - a few thousand moved to the forests of Campeche in the 1980s.
The Mennonites' native language is typically Plautdietsch, a unique blend of Low German, Prussian dialects and Dutch.
She learned Low German by listening to his parents, his 11 siblings, and their spouses and children converse at Sunday faspas at my grandparents' farm.
She speaks softly in her native Low German - a dialect hundreds of years old.
Their first language is Plautdietsch, or Low German, an archaic unwritten dialect that dates back to sixteenth-century Polish Prussia, where many of their ancestors settled after persecution drove them from home.