Английская Википедия:Eastern Low Prussian
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox language Eastern Low Prussian (Шаблон:Lang-de, lit. dialect of the Eastern territory) is a subdialect of Low Prussian that was spoken around Angerburg (now Węgorzewo, Poland), Insterburg (Chernyakhovsk, Russia), Memelland (Klaipėda County, Lithuania), and Tilsit (Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia) in the eastern territories of East Prussia in the former eastern territories of Germany.Шаблон:Sfnp Many speakers of this subdialect were Prussian Lithuanians.
Geography
Eastern Low Prussian had borders with Ostsamländisch, Natangian, and Standard German.Шаблон:Sfnp Lithuanian language was spoken within its area.Шаблон:Sfnp
Phonology
In difference to varieties to the West, it had no vocalization of /r/.Шаблон:Sfnp Its alveolar /r/ probably counts among its influences from Lithuanian.Шаблон:Sfnp Werdersch has an alveolar as well.Шаблон:Sfnp Like in Werdersch, it has du motst meaning you have to. Шаблон:Sfnp Eastern Low Prussian has a greater phonetic affinity to Standard German than Samlandic.Шаблон:Sfnp The /ai/ of Samlandic is given as /ei/ with long /e/.Шаблон:Sfnp
It has features common with Nehrungisch.Шаблон:Sfnp It has major High German influence, a Lithuanian substrate, even numerous words having undergone High German consonant shift.Шаблон:Sfnp High German influence is, though not exclusively, by Salzburg Protestants.Шаблон:Sfnp
It has dorx (with the ach-Laut) for High German durch, English through.Шаблон:Sfnp
Grammar
There was a diminutive ending -l around Gusev, Kaliningrad Oblast (Gumbinnen), explained by Upper German influence.Шаблон:Sfnp
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