LL-L: "Plautdietsch" LOWLANDS-L, 11.JUL.2000 (04) [E]

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From: John M. Tait [jmtait at altavista.net]
Subject: LL-L: "Plautdietsch" 06.JUL.2000 (03) [E]

Peter Wiens wrote:

>Georg, you also asked about a "centre where they are concentrated". In
>Ostwestfalen/Lippe (around Bielefeld) e.g. are about 50 Mennonite
>congregations with a majority of Plautdietsch speakers. That's one of the
>reasons why I had the idea to found an association (Verein) for
>Plautdietsch
>interests in this area, the Plautdietsch-Freunde e.V. Please take a look at
>
>our web site:
>
>www.plautdietsch-freunde.de
>
As a complete ignoramus about German geography, I have to ask: Bielefeld -
that's where Andy Eagle lives, isn't it? And didn't I gather, Andy, that it's
a Low Saxon speaking area?

As a complete ignoramus about Plautdietsch, is this a variety of, or does this
have a lot in common with, Low Saxon? Are there interesting developments from
contacts between immigrant Plautdietsch and Low Saxon as still spoken in the
area?

John M. Tait.

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