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Natangian was Low Prussian dialect of Low German. It is from East Prussia. The name is from the Natangians, a tribe of the Old Prussians.[1]

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

Geography

It was spoken around Kornevo, Bartoszyce, Pravdinsk, Srokowo and Kętrzyn.[2] Natangian has or used to have a border with Standard German, Mundart des Kürzungsgebiets, Westkäslausch, Ostsamländisch, Mundart des Ostgebietes, Ostkäslausch and Breslausch.[3] There was a border of Prince-Bishopric of Warmia to the state of the Teutonic Order, which also was the border of Natangian to Ostkäslausch.[4]

Phonology

In difference to Samländisch, vowel breaking of every long e to ei and every o to ou and the word dirch are characteristic.[5] It has significant features shared with Mundart der Elbinger Höhe.[6] A is palatal.[7]

References

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