East Low German - Dialects

Dialects

East Low German dialects are:

• In Germany:
  • Brandenburgisch (in Brandenburg, northern Saxony-Anhalt), incl. Middle Pomeranian
  • Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch (in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), incl. West Pomeranian
• In Poland:
  • Low Prussian (spoken by minorities around Gdańsk in northern Poland; nearly extinct since 1945, considered to include Plauttdietsch by some observers)
  • East Pomeranian (spoken by minorities in Pomerania and Brazil; incl. West Prussian)

It also includes Plautdietsch (originating from Danzig), which is spoken by Mennonites in North America and a few other places in the world. In Berlin a version of Brandenburgisch was spoken in medieval times until the city took up an East Central German dialect that incorporated Brandenburgisch elements and developed into today's Berlinisch.

Baltendeutsch is a High German variety influenced by East Low German formerly spoken by Germans in the Baltic states.