Continental West Germanic languages

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  1. Low German / Low Saxon is considered by most linguists as far as I know as a distinct language. Nowadays the social use of the language is minoritary and most people in the area speak German and many of those who continue using Low Saxon have a lot of German influence in their Low Saxon.

    Nevertheless, I believe this post should at least acknowledge that many consider Low Saxon to be a distinct language: it is recognized as a regional language by the Netherlands and by Germany.

  2. Düsseldorf resident here. Can confirm that people here get pissed off if you mistakenly call them Dutch.

  3. technically there’s a very small German-speaking minority in Poland, but I don’t know if this should be on there.

  4. 28 swabian could be devided in Like 5 different styles. Stuttgart-swabian sounds different then ulm-swabian or lake of constance swabian

  5. Way too many. At least they should be registered somehow so that they can be learned. Otherwise, it’s time to stop speaking “wrong” / without rules.

  6. It’s nice, but very general. When moving from the Inn to Vienna, you cross multiple regional dialects.
    But that would be a mess to look at.

  7. To be fair Luxembourgish is officially a language, not a dialect – even though there’s some weirder dialects there that are not considered to be their own languages. C’est la vie

  8. Ah the various tribes of the Germans.
    I’m somewhat joking. Another conversation on this forum pointed out that Germans seem to be more regionally focused and see those born outside “their region” as German note their region and those from beyond the boarders are “not really German” to some degree.
    I post this with no ill will, just something I figured out today on the group.

  9. Can’t figure out what the green-brown-yellowish is according to the Legende tho…
    I mean Kiel, Flensburg, Hamburg, Bremen etc

  10. 10 is not really spoken there anymore. Only a few words and pronounciations remain, the rest is pretty much 24.

  11. 19 is at least 4 diffrent dialects..
    south hessian and north hessian are very diffrent, not to mention odenwälder platt and the sounds the ppl around the Schwalm do..

  12. Flemish language in France “suffered reasonably”? “Suffered dramatically” you mean! In a total of about 2.5 million people in French Flanders (Lille région comprised), we are barely 10 000 left speaking. I’m afraid to say that Flemish in French Flanders is on its way to the grave, my friends…

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