"Mennonite Low German" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: From Mennonite + Low German, because Mennonites were the ones to carry it out of Prussia. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Mennonite Low German}} Mennonite Low German
  1. A variety or dialect of Low Prussian of East Low German with Dutch influence that developed in the 16th and 17th centuries in the Vistula delta area of Royal Prussia and which is now spoken by communities not only in Germany but also in North America (Canada, the United States, and Mexico), South America (Argentina, Brazil), Russia and many other places. (Not to be confused with the High German language Pennsylvania German; both are spoken in Pennsylvania.) Synonyms (variety): Plautdietsch, Plauttdietsch (alt: cf. Plattdietsch, Plattdüütsch) Related terms: Chortitza (english: Old Colony Mennonites), Molotschna (english: New Colony Mennonites; two historically and linguistically important Mennonite settlements founded in 1789 and 1804, respectively, in the Russian Empire, in what is now independent Ukraine) Translations (variety — see also Plautdietsch): Mennonitiese Nederduits (Afrikaans), الألمانية الدنيا المينوناتية [feminine] (Arabic), alamaneg izel ar Vennonited [masculine] (Breton), baix alemany mennonita [masculine] (Catalan), Mennonitisch Platduuts [neuter] (Dutch Low Saxon), bas allemand mennonite [masculine] (French), Mennonitendeutsch [neuter] (German), Mennonitenplatt [neuter] (German), Mennoniten-Niederdeutsch [neuter] (German), Mennonitenniederdeutsch [neuter, rare] (German), Mennonitenplautdietsch [neuter, rare] (German), bahasa Jerman Dataran Rendah Menonit (Indonesian), Mennonitenplattdüütsch [neuter] (Low German), Mennoniten-Plattdüütsch [neuter] (Low German), Mennoniien-Nedderdüütsch [neuter] (Low German), Plautdietsch [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), baixo-alemão menonita [masculine] (Portuguese), bajo alemán menonita [masculine] (Spanish), Minnistysk Nederdútsk [neuter] (West-Frisian), Minnistysk Platdútsk [neuter] (West-Frisian)

Alternative forms

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