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Information about Westphalian Language

Westphalian is one of the major dialect groups of West Low German. Its most salient feature is the diphthongization (rising diphthongs). For example, we get iEten instead of Eːten for eat. (There is also a difference in the use of consonants within the Westphalian dialects: North of the Wiehengebirge, people tend to speak hard consonants, south of the Wiehengebirge they speak soft consonants, e.g. Foite <-> Foide.) The Westphalian dialect region includes the north-eastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, i.e. the former Prussian province of Westphalia excluding the Siegerland, and the region around Osnabrück.

It has many lexical similarities and other proximities with Eastphalian, extending to the East and a bit to the North of the area where Westphalian is spoken.

ISO-639-3 code and SIL code of Westphalian is wep.
West Low German}}}
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: gem
ISO 639-3: nds

West Low German (also known as West Low Saxon
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Nordrhein-Westfalen
North Rhine-Westphalia
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Prussia (German: (help info ) [1]; Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Latvian: Prūsija
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The Siegerland is a region of Germany covering the old district of Siegen (now part of the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in North Rhine-Westphalia) and the upper part of the district of Altenkirchen, belonging to the Rhineland-Palatinate adjoining it to the west.
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Osnabrueck.

Osnabrück

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Eastphalian, or Eastfalian (in German, Ostfälisch), is a West Low German dialect spoken in southern parts of Lower Saxony, in Germany, including Hanover, Braunschweig, Hildesheim and Göttingen.
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SIL may refer to:
  • SIL International, a faith-based linguistic services organization which studies lesser-known languages.
  • Single in-line package, an electronics package for semiconductors.
  • SIL, Surge Impedance Loading of high voltage transmission lines.

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WEP is a TLA that may refer to:
  • Wired Equivalent Privacy, a wireless network security standard
  • War emergency power, for fighter aircraft
  • Water Extended Polyester, a polyester resin and water matrix used as 1) a neutron shield in nuclear applications and 2) also as

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