Natangian was
Low Prussian dialect
Low Prussian (german: Niederpreußisch), sometimes known simply as Prussian (''Preußisch''), is a moribund dialect of East Low German that developed in East Prussia. Low Prussian was spoken in East and West Prussia and Danzig up to 1945. In Da ...
of
Low German. It is from
East Prussia. The name is from the
Natangians
Natangians or Notangians (Prussian: ''Notangi''; pl, Natangowie; lt, Notangai; german: Natanger) was a Prussian clan, which lived in the region of Natangia, an area that is now mostly part of the Russian exclave Kaliningrad Oblast, whereas the ...
, a tribe of the
Old Prussians
Old Prussians, Baltic Prussians or simply Prussians ( Old Prussian: ''prūsai''; german: Pruzzen or ''Prußen''; la, Pruteni; lv, prūši; lt, prūsai; pl, Prusowie; csb, Prësowié) were an indigenous tribe among the Baltic peoples that ...
.
Geography
It was spoken around
Kornevo
Kornevo (russian: Корнево) is a rural locality (a village) in Rozhdestvenskoye Rural Settlement, Sobinsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The population was 24 as of 2010.
Geography
Kornevo is located 38 km north of Sobinka
Sob ...
,
Bartoszyce
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G ...
,
Pravdinsk
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,
Srokowo and
Kętrzyn
Kętrzyn (, until 1946 ''Rastembork''; german: link=yes, Rastenburg ) is a town in northeastern Poland with 27,478 inhabitants (2019). Situated in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (since 1999), Kętrzyn was previously in Olsztyn Voivodeship (197 ...
. Natangian has or used to have a border with
Standard German,
Mundart des Kürzungsgebiets,
Westkäslausch,
Ostsamländisch,
Mundart des Ostgebietes,
Ostkäslausch
Ostkäslausch is a Low Prussian dialect of Low German spoken in an area of Poland, that used to be part of Germany.
Geography
It used to be or is spoken in Warmia in East Prussia.
Its border ran through Warmia.
Mitzka, Walther. ''Grundzüg ...
and
Breslausch. There was a border of Prince-Bishopric of Warmia to the state of the
Teutonic Order
The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem, commonly known as the Teutonic Order, is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. It was formed to aid Christians on ...
, which also was the border of Natangian to Ostkäslausch.
Phonology
In difference to Samländisch, vowel breaking of every long e to ei and every o to ou and the word ''dirch'' are characteristic. It has significant features shared with
Mundart der Elbinger Höhe. ''A'' is palatal.
[Walther Mitzka. ''Kleine Schriften zur Sprachgeschichte und Sprachgeographie''. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1968, p. 324]
References
East Prussia
Low Prussian dialect
Languages of Poland
Languages of Russia
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