Westkäslausch

Westkäslausch is a part of Low Prussian dialect of Low German spoken in an area of Poland, that used to be part of Germany. Westkäslausch used to have borders to Breslausch, Natangian, Mundart des Kürzungsgebiets, and Oberländisch.[1] Westkäslausch was spoken in an area having Pieniężno as a kind of midpoint.[2] Diphthongization of Natangian is mostly present with Westkäslausch. [3] Westkäslausch does not have a border to Ostkäslausch.[4] The Preußisches Wörterbuch, a dictionary of dialects, includes Westkäslausch using this wording. Westkäslausch is an older term.

Westkäslausch
RegionEast Prussia
EthnicityGermans
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologlowe1387

Notes

  1. http://www.tausendschoen-verlag.de/PDF/Memelland.pdf
  2. Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, S. 130
  3. Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, S. 131
  4. http://www.tausendschoen-verlag.de/PDF/Memelland.pdf
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