ISO 639-3 · ndsnds
Indo-European family
Low German
Plattdütsch
Low German is a language of the North Sea Germanic branch (Indo-European), spoken in Germany. Wikidata counts about 5 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “West Germanic language spoken mainly in northern Germany and the eastern part of the Netherlands”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
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lowg1239- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- Wikipedia
- 107 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
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4levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Low German · Plattdütsch |
|---|---|
| Also called | Plattdeutsch, Low Saxon, Platt-Deutsch, Plattdüütsch, Plattdütsch |
| All speakers | 5,000,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Grammatical genders | 3 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 7 Shifting7
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Low German
The branches above Low German, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Germany
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