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Plattdüütsch

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Plattdüütsch is a name for the regional language varieties:

East of the Elbe, the English name is Low Saxon. West of the Elbe it is East Low German. The official language code is, according to ISO 693-2, nds. Since 1998, Plattdüütsch has been recognized by the European bureau for minority languages.

These Germanic language varieties are spoken mainly in northern Germany, southern Denmark and eastern Netherlands.


de:Plattdeutsch eo:Platgermana lingvo fr:Bas-allemand nds:Plattdüütsch sv:Plattyska

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