Low Lusatian German

Low Lusatian
Native to	Germany
Region	Brandenburg, Saxony
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Irminonic High German Central German East Central German Low Lusatian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None

Low Lusatian German (German: Niederlausitzer Deutsch) is a variant of Central German spoken in northern Saxony and southern Brandenburg.

Language

Some examples of the dialect:

English	Standard German		Lower Lusatian German
	spelling	IPA	spelling	IPA
water	Wasser	[ˈvasɐ]	Wassa	[ˈvasa]
hammer	Hammer	[ˈhamɐ]	Hamma	[ˈhama]
sister	Schwester	[ˈʃvɛstɐ]	Schwesta(r)	[ˈʃvɛsta]

English	Standard German		Lower Lusatian German
	spelling	IPA	spelling	IPA
to rake	harken	[ˈhaʁkn̩]	haakn	[ˈhaːkn̩]
to work	arbeiten	[ˈaʁbaɪtn̩]	abeitn	[ˈabeːtn̩]
to buy	kaufen	[ˈkaʊfn̩]	kohfn	[ˈkoːfn̩]
as well	auch	[aʊx]	ooch	[oːx]
on	auf	[aʊf]	ohf	[oːf]
one	ein (m.) eine (f.) eines (n.)	[aɪn] [ˈaɪnə] [ˈaɪnəs]	een eene eens	[eːn] [ˈeːnə] [eːns]
small	kleine	[ˈklaɪnə]	Kleene	[ˈkleːnə]

English	Standard German		Lower Lusatian German
	spelling	IPA	spelling	IPA
table	Tisch	[tɪʃ]	Tüsch	[tʏʃ]
church	Kirche	[ˈkɪʁçə]	Kürche	[ˈkʏa̯çə] (in smaller villages the word Kerke is used.)
cherry	Kirsche	[ˈkɪʁʃə]	Kürsche	[ˈkʏa̯ʃə]

English	Standard German		Lower Lusatian German
	spelling	IPA	spelling	IPA
it was switched off	es wurde abgeschaltet	[ɛs ˈvʊʁdə ˈapɡəʃaltət]	es wurde abgeschalten	[ɛs vua̯də ˈapɡəʃaltn̩]