Elbingian

Elbingian^{[citation needed]} (German: Mundart der Elbinger Höhe, lit. 'dialect of the Elbingian upland'^[1]) was a subdialect of Low Prussian spoken in East Prussia and West Prussia in the region of the Elbingian upland [de; pl], north of Elbing.^[2] It had a border with Oberländisch, Mundart des Kürzungsgebiets and Nehrungisch. It used to end shortly East of Elbing river.^[2]

Elbingian
Native to	Poland (formerly Germany)
Region	Elbingian upland (West Prussia, East Prussia)
Ethnicity	Germans
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic North Sea Germanic Low German East Low German Low Prussian Elbingian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

Phonology

There was a border of /i/, /e/ and /ar/ becoming /e/, /a/ and /or/ respectively in its area.^[3][2] It has many features in common with Natangian.^[4]

References

1. A term already used in: Mundart der Elbinger Höhe. Mitgetheilt von D. Datt Spook, in: Neue Preußische Provinzial-Blätter. Mit Beiträgen von [...]. Im Namen der Alterthums-Gesellschaft Prussia herausgegeben von Dr. A. Hagen. Jahrgang 1847. Juli – December. / Band IV., Königsberg, 1847, p. 470–475 ()
2. Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 137 (map Die ostpreußischen Mundarten)
3. Heinrich Siemens: Plautdietsch. tweeback verlag, Bonn, p. 45/46
4. Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 132

Bibliography

• Kuhn, Willi (2010). Schuch, Hans J. (ed.). Die niederdeutsche Mundart auf der Elbinger Höhe: Kliene Geschichtge toom Grefflache opp Platt ut dee Kinger- onn Schooltied (in German and Low German). Truso.