Ostkäslausch

Ostkäslausch is a part of Low Prussian dialect of Low German spoken in an area of Poland, that used to be part of Germany. It used to be or is spoken in Warmia in East Prussia. "Deutsch-litauische Kulturbeziehungen" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-09-13. [1] Its border ran through Warmia. [2] Ostkäslausch used to be spoken around Reszel and used to have borders to Breslausch, Natangian and Standard German."Deutsch-litauische Kulturheziehungen" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-09-13. [3] It has features of Eastphalian, Westphalian and East Pomeranian dialect. [4] [5]

There is gutturalisation of nd and nt to e and i, but not of the preterite of strong verbs.[6] Ostkäslausche also has diphthongization of e and long o after ei and ou.[6] O frequently has become io or iu.[7] Ostkäslausch has influence of High Prussian.[7] The Eastern border of Ostkäslausch was the old border of Catholic Warmia to Protestant State of the Teutonic Order.[2] It occurred, that Ostkäslausch and High Prussian were spoken in the same village. [8]

Notes
  1. Ziesemer, Walther. Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt, 1924, p. 137.
  2. Mitzka, Walther. Grundzüge nordostdeutscher Sprachgeschichte. Elwert, 1959, p. 51
  3. Ziesemer, Walther. Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt,, 1924, p. 137.
  4. Mitzka, Walther. Grundzüge nordostdeutscher Sprachgeschichte. Elwert, 1959, p. 50
  5. Mitzka, Walther. Grundzüge nordostdeutscher Sprachgeschichte. Elwert, 1959, p. 54
  6. Ziesemer, Walther. Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt, 1924, p. 130.
  7. Ziesemer, Walther. Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt, 1924, p. 131.
  8. Mitzka, Walther. Grundzüge nordostdeutscher Sprachgeschichte. Elwert, 1959, p. 53
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