High Prussian dialect
group of East Central German dialects in former East Prussia
High Prussian (German: Hochpreußisch) is a variant of East Central German dialects that was previously spoken in East Prussia and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It is currently spoken in Poland.
High Prussian | |
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Oberländisch Breslausch | |
Native to | Poland, Germany |
Region | Historically Ermland, but also parts of West and East Prussia; today moribund and spoken among some Heimatvertriebene in Germany that were expelled after 1945. |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | high1271 |
German dialects about 1910, High Prussian (Hochpreußisch) marked in the northeast. |
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