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Sprachwissenschaftler, Sprachwissenschaftlerinnen, Linguisten, Linguistinnen, Lehrer, Lehrerinnen, interessierte Laien, Sprecherinnen und Sprecher des Niederdeutschen
The current status and use of Low German
Initial results of a representative study
von Astrid Adler, Christiane Ehlers, Reinhard Goltz, Andrea Kleene und Albrecht Plewnia, aus dem Deutschen übersetzt von Helen HeaneyWho understands Low german today and who can speak it? Who makes use of media and cultural events in Low German? What images do people in northern Germany associate with Low German and what is their view of their regional language?
These and further questions are answered in this brochure with the help of representative data collected in a telephone survey of a total of 1,632 people from eight federal states (Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein as well as Brandenburg, North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony-Anhalt).
These and further questions are answered in this brochure with the help of representative data collected in a telephone survey of a total of 1,632 people from eight federal states (Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein as well as Brandenburg, North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony-Anhalt).