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Elbingian
Subdialect of Low Prussian dialect of Low German From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elbingian[citation needed] (German: Mundart der Elbinger Höhe, lit. 'dialect of the Elbingian upland'[1]) was a subdialect of Low Prussian spoken in East Prussia and West Prussia in the region of the Elbingian upland , north of Elbing.[2] It had a border with Oberländisch, Mundart des Kürzungsgebiets and Nehrungisch. It used to end shortly East of Elbing river.[2]
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Phonology
There was a border of /i/, /e/ and /ar/ becoming /e/, /a/ and /or/ respectively in its area.[3][2] It has many features in common with Natangian.[4]
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