Eastern Low Prussian

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Geography

In difference to varieties to the West, it had no vocalization of /r/.Template:Sfnp Its alveolar /r/ probably counts among its influences from Lithuanian.Template:Sfnp Werdersch has an alveolar as well.Template:Sfnp Like in Werdersch, it has du motst meaning you have to. Template:Sfnp Eastern Low Prussian has a greater phonetic affinity to Standard German than Samlandic.Template:Sfnp The /ai/ of Samlandic is given as /ei/ with long /e/.Template:Sfnp

It has features common with Nehrungisch.Template:Sfnp It has major High German influence, a Lithuanian substrate, even numerous words having undergone High German consonant shift.Template:Sfnp High German influence is, though not exclusively, by Salzburg Protestants.Template:Sfnp

It has dorx (with the ach-Laut) for High German durch, English through.Template:Sfnp

There was a diminutive ending -l around Gusev, Kaliningrad Oblast (Gumbinnen), explained by Upper German influence.Template:Sfnp

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