West Low German

West Low German
West Low German
German: Westniederdeutsch
Native to	Germany, Netherlands, Southern Denmark
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Ingvaeonic Low German West Low German; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-2	nds for Low German
ISO 639-3	Variously:; wep – Westphalian; nds – (partial); frs – Eastern Frisian; gos – Gronings; stl – Stellingwerfs; drt – Drents; twd – Twents; act – Achterhoeks; sdz – Sallands; vel – Veluws
Glottolog	west2357
	West Low German area in yellow. This area is also called Low Saxon.

West Low German, also known as Low Saxon (German: Westniederdeutsch, literally West Low German, or Niedersächsisch (in a stricter sense), literally: Low Saxon, Nether-Saxon; Low German: Nedersassisch, Nedersaksies; Dutch: Nedersaksisch) is a variant of Low German (also Low Saxon; German: Plattdeutsch, Niederdeutsch, Dutch: Nederduits) dialects spoken in parts of the Netherlands, northwestern Germany and southern Denmark (in North Schleswig).

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West Low German
German: Westniederdeutsch
Native to	Germany, Netherlands, Southern Denmark
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Ingvaeonic Low German West Low German
Language codes
ISO 639-2	`nds` for Low German
ISO 639-3	Variously: `wep` – Westphalian `nds` – (partial) `frs` – Eastern Frisian `gos` – Gronings `stl` – Stellingwerfs `drt` – Drents `twd` – Twents `act` – Achterhoeks `sdz` – Sallands `vel` – Veluws
Glottolog	`west2357`
West Low German area in yellow. This area is also called Low Saxon.