Westkäslausch

Westkäslausch was a Low Prussian dialect spoken in an area of Poland, that used to be part of Germany. The Preußisches Wörterbuch, a dictionary of dialects, includes Westkäslausch using this wording.

Westkäslausch
RegionEast Prussia
EthnicityGermans
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologlowe1387

Geography

Westkäslausch used to have borders to Breslausch, Natangian, Mundart des Kürzungsgebiets, and High Prussian.[1] Westkäslausch was spoken in an area having Pieniężno as a kind of midpoint.[2] Westkäslausch does not have a border to Ostkäslausch.[3]

Phonology

It has d between vowels as r.[4] Diphthongization seen in Natangian is mostly also present in Westkäslausch.[5]

Grammar

It has the preterite forms kam and nam.[6]

References
  1. "Data" (PDF). www.tausendschoen-verlag.de. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  2. Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 130
  3. "Data" (PDF). www.tausendschoen-verlag.de. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  4. Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 133
  5. Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 131
  6. Walther Ziesemer: Die ostpreußischen Mundarten Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 132
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