The Kürzungsgebietsmundart (spoken in the ''Haffgebiet'' or ''Kürzungsgebiet am Haff'') is a subdialect of Low Prussian, part of

Low German Low German is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language variety, language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in the Russian Mennonite diaspora worldwide. "Low" ...

, spoken in today's

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. In 1918, it was spoken in

East Prussia East Prussia was a Provinces of Prussia, province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1772 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1871); following World War I it formed part of the Weimar Republic's ...

and

West Prussia The Province of West Prussia (; ; ) was a province of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and from 1878 to 1919. West Prussia was established as a province of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1773, formed from Royal Prussia of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonweal ...

in their respective then borders.Thorwald Poschenrieder, ''Deutsch- und baltischsprachige Preußen des Memellandes'', in: ''Collegium Europaeum Jenense an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena: Deutsch-litauische Kulturbeziehungen: Kolloquium zu Ehren von August Schleicher an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena vom 19. bis 20. Mai 1994. Herausgegeben von Gertrud Bense, Maria Kozianka, Gottfried Meinhold. Ausgabe 1995'', Jena, 1995, p. 109–150
The Kürzungsgebietsmundart was spoken around

Braunsberg Braniewo () (, , Old Prussian: ''Brus''), is a town in northern Poland, in Warmia, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, with a population of 16,907 as of June 2021. It is the capital of Braniewo County. Braniewo is the second biggest city of ...

and Frauenburg and had a border to

Natangian Natangian () was a Low Prussian dialect, Low Prussian dialect, spoken in Natangen, East Prussia. Geography It was spoken in Natangen around Zinten, Bartoszyce, Bartenstein, Pravdinsk, Friedland, Srokowo, Drengfurt and Kętrzyn, Rastenburg. Nat ...

Westkäslausch Westkäslausch was a Low Prussian dialect spoken in East Prussia, Germany (now Poland). It has features of Eastphalian, Westphalian and East Pomeranian dialect. Geography Westkäslausch used to have borders to Natangian, Mundart des Kürzun ...

, Mundart der Elbinger Höhe and Oberländisch (a

High Prussian High Prussian () is a group of East Central German dialects in former East Prussia, in present-day Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (Poland) and Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia). High Prussian developed in the 13th–15th centuries, brought in by Germa ...

dialect).Walther Ziesemer, ''Die ostpreußischen Mundarten'', Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 131f., part ''f) Das Kürzungsgebiet am Haff'' in the section ''6. Das Niederpreußische'' There was influence of Salzburgers. The Western border to Elbing Upland was a border of denominations. Part of its Southern border was undetermined by political or religious borders. Long e before p, t and k is shortened to short i, long o before t and k is shortened to u. In the western part, also long u before k was shortend to short u. Between Plasswich and Borchertsdorf, its only border to

ran.Walther Mitzka. ''Kleine Schriften''. Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1968, p. 233

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