LL-L: "Low Saxon" LOWLANDS-L, 22.NOV.1999 (04) [E]

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From: Reuben Epp [repp at silk.net]
Subject: LL-L: "Low Saxon" LOWLANDS-L,

From: Lowlands-L Administrator <sassisch at yahoo.com>
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Date: 22/11/1999 7:41 AM
Subject: LL-L: "Low Saxon" LOWLANDS-L, 21.NOV.1999 (01) [E/German]

Eldo Neufeld quoted 'Institut für Niederdeutsche Sprache' as follows:

>"Etwa das von Ihnen angesprochene Nedersaksische ist dem
>Niederdeutschen sehr ähnlich, allein ist es eine niederländische
>Sprache." [Referring to my dialect Plautdietsch, about which I had
>asked.]  Then: "Insofern ist es naheliegend, in den Niederlanden
>eine Grammatik zum Nedersaksischen herauszubringen..."

I find it difficult to believe that someone at the 'Institut' would refer to
Plautdietsch as "niederländische Sprache!" In my opinion, it is a
West Prussian dialect of Low Saxon (Low German), containing a
few netherlandic elements.

Cheers!

Reuben Epp

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From: R. F. Hahn [sassisch at yahoo.com]
Subject: Low Saxon

Dear Reuben,

You wrote:

> I find it difficult to believe that someone at the 'Institut' would refer to
> Plautdietsch as "niederländische Sprache!" In my opinion, it is a
> West Prussian dialect of Low Saxon (Low German), containing a
> few netherlandic elements.

I quite agree, but I have the sneaking suspicion that that is not what they had
meant, that they had somehow gotten tangled up in Eldo's use of the name "Low
Saxon" in reference to the entire language.  I would be even more surprised,
nay, dismayed, to know that they really considered the Mennonite Low Saxon/Low
German dialect group (Plautdietsch) a Netherlandic language.  I assume that they
had referred to the varieties on the Netherlands side of the border.  Perhaps
Eldo can clarify this.

Best regards,

Reinhard/Ron

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