Low Lusatian German is a variety of Central German spoken in northern Saxony and southern Brandenburg within the regions of Lower Lusatia and the northern part of Upper Lusatia. It is well-defined from the Low German dialects around and north of Berlin as well as the Saxon dialect group of present day Saxony and the Slavic language of the Sorbs. Both regions were strongly influenced by different dialects, especially after World War II.

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  • Low Lusatian German is a variety of Central German spoken in northern Saxony and southern Brandenburg within the regions of Lower Lusatia and the northern part of Upper Lusatia. It is well-defined from the Low German dialects around and north of Berlin as well as the Saxon dialect group of present day Saxony and the Slavic language of the Sorbs. Both regions were strongly influenced by different dialects, especially after World War II. Refugees from East Prussia and Silesia settled there after their dispossession from former German areas. After the foundation of the German Democratic Republic and an economical development because of a stronger extraction of lignite people from Mecklenburg, Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt moved to the Lusatia region to benefit from the development. Due to this influence of other German dialects Low Lusatian never formed a too strong variaton from standard German. For people moving now into this area the dialect is easy to learn and influences their spoken language quite fast.
  • Niederlausitzisch wird in Sachsen und Brandenburg um Cottbus und Hoyerswerda und ehemals um Sorau gesprochen. Es steht im klaren Unterschied zu den nördlichen Märkischen Mundarten und den südlich und östlich gelegenen Mundarten des Obersächsischen, des Vogtländischen und des Dialektes des Erzgebirges.
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  • Low Lusatian German is a variety of Central German spoken in northern Saxony and southern Brandenburg within the regions of Lower Lusatia and the northern part of Upper Lusatia. It is well-defined from the Low German dialects around and north of Berlin as well as the Saxon dialect group of present day Saxony and the Slavic language of the Sorbs. Both regions were strongly influenced by different dialects, especially after World War II.
  • Niederlausitzisch wird in Sachsen und Brandenburg um Cottbus und Hoyerswerda und ehemals um Sorau gesprochen. Es steht im klaren Unterschied zu den nördlichen Märkischen Mundarten und den südlich und östlich gelegenen Mundarten des Obersächsischen, des Vogtländischen und des Dialektes des Erzgebirges.
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