What is West Low German?
{{Other uses|Low German (disambiguation)|Low Saxon (disambiguation){{!}}Low Saxon}} {{Infobox language |name=West Low German |nativename=<small>[[German language|German]]: ''{{lang|de|Westniederdeutsch}}''</small> |states=[[Germany]], [[Netherlands]], [[Southern Denmark]] |speakers= |familycolor=Indo-European |fam2=[[Germanic languages|Germanic]] |fam3=[[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] |fam4=[[North Sea Germanic|Ingvaeonic]] |fam5=[[Low German]] |ref={{citation needed|date=July 2013}} |map=Nedersaksiese taalgebied.png |mapcaption=West Low German area in yellow. This area is also called Low Saxon. |iso2=nds |iso2comment=for [[Low German]] |lc2=nds |ld2=(partial) |lc1=wep |ld1=Westphalian |lc3=frs |ld3=Eastern Frisian |lc4=gos |ld4=Gronings |lc5=stl |ld5=Stellingwerfs |lc6=drt |ld6=Drents |lc7=twd |ld7=Twents |lc8=act |ld8=Achterhoeks |lc9=sdz |ld9=Sallands |lc10=vel |ld10=Veluws |glotto=west2357 |glottorefname=West Low German }} '''West Low German''', also known as '''Low Saxon''' ([[German language|German]]: ''{{lang|de|Westniederdeutsch}}'', literally ''West Low German'', or ''{{lang|de|Niedersächsisch}}'' (in a stricter sense), literally: ''Low Saxon, Nether-Saxon''; {{lang-nds|Nedersassisch, Nedersaksies}}; {{lang-nl|Nedersaksisch}}) is a variant of [[Low German]] (also Low Saxon; German: ''{{lang|de|Plattdeutsch}}'', ''{{lang|de|Niederdeutsch}}'', Dutch: ''{{lang|nl|Nederduits}}'') dialects spoken in parts of the [[Netherlands]], northwestern [[Germany]] and southern [[Denmark]] (in North Schleswig). == References == {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{europe-stub}} [[Category:German dialects]] [[Category:Languages of Germany]] [[Category:Languages of the Netherlands]] [[Category:Danish culture]]