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East Low German , which was spoken in formerly German areas, that belong to
Poland , Russia and Lithuania . The poem Anke Van Tharaw , which is better known in Germany than any other work by a poet from Lithuania, was written in Low Prussian by Simon Dach . Plautdietsch , a Low German variety is
included within Low Prussian by some observers. Low Prussian is hardly spoken nowadays, if Plautdietsch is excluded from Low Prussian. Plautdietsch is spoken by several thousand in Paraguay , Canada and other countries.

VARIETIES OF LOW PRUSSIAN

  • 1. ''Übergangsmundart zum Ostpommerschen''

  • 2. ''Mundart des Weichselmündungsgebietes (around Gdańsk )

  • 3. ''Mundart der Frischen Nehrung und der Danziger Nehrung''

  • 4. ''Mundart der Elbinger Höhe''

  • 5. ''Mundart des Kürzungsgebietes'' (Around Braniewo )

  • 6. ''Westkäslausch'' (Around Pieniężno of our time)

  • 7. ''Ostkäslausch'' (Around Reszel)

  • 8. ''Natangisch-Bartisch'' (around Bartoszyce)

  • 9. ''Westsamländische Mundart'' (around Baltiysk)

  • 10. ''Ostsamländische Mundart'' (around present Kaliningrad, Polessk and Snamensk)

  • 11. ''Mundart des Ostgebietes'' (around present Chernyakhovsk, Klaipeda and Sovyetsk)