West Low German

For other uses, see Low German (disambiguation) and Low Saxon.

West Low German, also known as Low Saxon (German: Westniederdeutsch, literally West Low German, or Niedersächsisch (in a stricter sense), literally: Low Saxon, Nether-Saxon; Low German: Nedersassisch, Nedersaksies; Dutch: Nedersaksisch) is a variant of Low German (also Low Saxon; German: Plattdeutsch, Niederdeutsch, Dutch: Nederduits) dialects spoken in parts of the Netherlands, northwestern Germany and southern Denmark (in North Schleswig).

West Low German
German: Westniederdeutsch
Native to	Germany, Netherlands, Southern Denmark
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Ingvaeonic Low German West Low German
Language codes
ISO 639-2	nds for Low German
ISO 639-3	Variously: wep – Westphalian nds – (partial) frs – Eastern Frisian gos – Gronings stl – Stellingwerfs drt – Drents twd – Twents act – Achterhoeks sdz – Sallands vel – Veluws
Glottolog	west2357
West Low German area in yellow. This area is also called Low Saxon.

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