East Low German
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East Low German dialects are spoken in north eastern parts of Germany as well as by minorities in northern Poland. They are, together with Low Saxon and Low Franconian, part of Low German. There is no clearly defined border between regions where East Low German and Low Saxon dialects are spoken. Plattdüütsch is the name for both the Low Saxon and the East Low German language.
East Low German dialects are:
- In Germany:
- Brandenburgisch (in Brandenburg)
- Mecklenburgisch-Pommersch (eastern parts)
- In Poland:
- Low Prussian (spoken by minorities around Gdańsk in northern Poland; nearly extinct since 1945, to include Plautdietsch by some observers)
- East Pomeranian (spoken by minorities in Pomerania and Brazil)
It also includes Plautdietsch (originating from Danzig), which is spoken by Mennonites in North America and a few other places in the world. Berlinerisch (in Berlin) was a version of Brandenburgisch in the medieval ages until they split off. But nowadays it is seen as a east high German dialect.
Baltendeutsch is a High German variety influenced by East Low German formerly spoken by Germans in
the Baltic states.
See Prussia.