Are Low Germans dutch or german?

[Visitor_22]

I've watched a lot of videos and read a lot of comments about Low German language... people say it's almost a dutch language!

Seems like Northern German - Low Germany was dutch related speaking people.





Low German language/dialect videos...

[Visitor_22]

Low german language dialects...






Whole map of all german languages/dialects

[Chichic]

You can't hear that as you don't speak German, but it's still German and not Dutch. Dutch is still a different language.

[Visitor_22]

Low german (Plattdeutch) is no more wide spoken in Germany as used to be in the past. It's dying or almost died and replaced by high german from the South.


When low germans from North and South America still speak it. And they don't consider themselves as dutch people.

[Visitor_22]

You can't hear that as you don't speak German, but it's still German and not Dutch. Dutch is still a different language.

Southern german replaced "native" Low German of Northern Germany. Didn't they?

[Visitor_22]

Here Ellebore says:

... Dutch and Low german are the same language (with different dialects). I'm afraid that the "Low German" concept is a pure creation of the prussian power to design the dutch of Northern Germany, in the obviously aim to integrate them in their territory. The elites of Northern Germany have early been germanized by Reformation (see Berlin wille be quick a german language island in the middle of a "dutch sea"), but the low classes continued to speek dutch dialects until the prussian centralization.

So, in fact, northern german are not "low german", but dutch of germany.

For the english, from the most of the studies, they are closer to frisian dialects, but they have been so "francized" in the middle-age that it is a particular case.

[Chichic]

Here Ellebore says:

Wrong. Low German is German and not Dutch. I'm German and I can clearly say that.

[Visitor_22]

Wrong. Low German is German and not Dutch. I'm German and I can clearly say that.

Hmm... but still southern germans, for example bavarians can't understand it, while dutch person can.

LOL! But anyway low german is almost dead language.

[Visitor_22]

Low German women Ina Müller... looks kinda dutch rather than typical german.

[Visitor_22]

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