Low German language

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078636
- info:lc/authorities/sh85078636
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85078636#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Low Saxon language
- Plattdeutsch
- Plautdietsch
Broader Terms
- Germanic languages
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb119556749
Sources
- found: A dictionary of Plautdietsch rhyming words, 2002.
- found: Ethnologue WWW site, Feb. 24, 2009 (under Germany: Saxon, Low; alternate names: Neddersassisch, Niedersaechsisch, Nedersaksisch, Low German, Plattdütsch, Nedderdütsch; classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon; direct descendant of Old Saxon, related to English; not intelligible to speakers of Standard German; officially recognized as a regional (separate) language in eight states of Germany, and as a regional (separate) language by the European Charta on Languages; separate listings for Achterhoeks, Drents, Gronings, Sallands, Stellingwerfs, Twents, and Veluws under Netherlands, Westphalien [i.e. Westphalian?] under Germany, and Plautdietsch under Canada)
LC Classification
- PF5601-PF5844
Change Notes
- 2003-02-14: new
- 2009-03-20: revised

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