Ostkäslausch is a Low Prussian dialect of Low German spoken in an area of Poland, that used to be part of Germany.
| Ostkäslausch | |
|---|---|
| Ostkäslausch | |
| Native to | Poland (formerly Germany) |
| Region | Warmia, East Prussia |
| Ethnicity | Germans |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Geography
editIt used to be or is spoken in Warmia in East Prussia.[1] [2] Its border ran through Warmia.[3] Ostkäslausch used to be spoken around Reszel and used to have borders to Breslausch, Natangian and Standard German.[1] [2] It has features of Eastphalian, Westphalian and East Pomeranian dialect. [4] [5]
The Eastern border of Ostkäslausch was the old border of Catholic Warmia to Protestant State of the Teutonic Order, it bordered to Natangian.[3][6] It occurred, that Ostkäslausch and High Prussian were spoken in the same village.[7]
Phonology
editThere is gutturalisation of nd and nt to ng; usually an i added (Schtuing 'hour', cf. Standard German Stunde), but not in the preterite of strong verbs (jebunge 'bound', cf. Standard German gebunden).[8] Ostkäslausche also has diphthongization of e and long o after ei and ou.[8] O frequently has become io or iu.[9] Ostkäslausch has influence of High Prussian.[9] Most cases of Natangian diphthongization of e to ei and every o to ou occur in Ostkäslausch.[8]
Grammar
editIt has the preterite forms kam and nam.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b "Deutsch-litauische Kulturbeziehungen" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-09-13.
- ^ a b Ziesemer, Walther. Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt, 1924, p. 137.
- ^ a b Mitzka, Walther. Grundzüge nordostdeutscher Sprachgeschichte. Elwert, 1959, p. 51
- ^ Mitzka, Walther. Grundzüge nordostdeutscher Sprachgeschichte. Elwert, 1959, p. 50
- ^ Mitzka, Walther. Grundzüge nordostdeutscher Sprachgeschichte. Elwert, 1959, p. 54
- ^ [???]. Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1968, p. 298
- ^ Mitzka, Walther. Grundzüge nordostdeutscher Sprachgeschichte. Elwert, 1959, p. 53
- ^ a b c Ziesemer, Walther. Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt, 1924, p. 130.
- ^ a b Ziesemer, Walther. Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt, 1924, p. 131.
- ^ Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 132