Low Saxon
Proper noun
Meaning
Synonym of Low German (West Germanic language)
Synonyms: Low German, Nether-Saxon, Plattdeutsch
Holonym: Low German
A group of related dialects of Low German, spoken in northern Germany and parts of the Netherlands, formerly also in Denmark.
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Examples
A meeting of a village council can be held almost completely in Low Saxon if all participants know each other (as long as written protocols are written in Standard German), but a single foreigner can make the whole switching to Standard German.
Sometimes, Low Saxon and Low Franconian varieties are grouped together because both are unaffected by the High German consonant shift.
Low Saxon dialects Low Saxon is officially recognized as a language on its own, but despite this fact, there's little official action taken on fostering the language.
Northern Low Saxon speakers switched mostly to pure Standard German.
Since large-scale standardization of the German language beginning in earnest in the 18th century, various Low German-colored dialects have developed (contact-varieties of German on Low Saxon substrates).
The language is not fixed as part of the school curriculum and Low Saxon is used as a medium of instruction in one school only in the whole Germany (as a "model project" in primary school sided by education in Standard German).