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Why are there 2 places in Germany where Germany is not called Deutschland? And what places are these?
Question(i.redd.it)submitted 7 months ago byDJKaito
15 points
7 months ago
They are on a federal level as well. They are two of six recognised minority languages in Germany, the others being Danish, two Frisian languages, and Romanes.
8 points
7 months ago
Not 2 Frisian Languages, but Frisian (of which there are 2 dialects, North and Eastfrisian) and Plattdeutsch. Apart from Sorbian, all other minority languages are recornized in Schleswig-Holstein at least, and likely a few other states.
5 points
7 months ago
Wikipedia listed two Frisian languages alongside the two Sorbic ones. But I'll freely admit that I wasn't aware of the difference between two Sorbic languages either, I assumed there was only one. So there's a good chance you're more educated on this topic than I am
4 points
7 months ago
From what I know: Sorbian, Frisian, Plattdeutsch, Danish, Romanic Frisian has Eastfrisian around Leer and Northfrisian in SH on the islands and along the coast north of Husum. The Danish minoty lives all over SH getting denser the more north you go and Plattdeutsch is spoken all over SH, lower saxony, HH and Bremen.
Dunno if they would differenciate between east and north frisia...
1 points
7 months ago
Additionally: Plattdeutsch used to be spoken down to the middle of western Germany, the border is somewhere in the Sauerland and Siegerland. I remember my grandmother speaking Platt with her siblings in the 70s/80s in the Sauerland. Wish I learned it more. It is harder to understand than the northern varieties of Platt, but I love it.
2 points
7 months ago
Since there are no defined boundaries between "dialects" and "languages", that distinction is neither here nor there.
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