Low German language (Topical Term)

A dictionary of Plautdietsch rhyming words, 2002.

Ethnologue WWW site, Feb. 24, 2009 (under Germany: Saxon, Low; alternate names: Neddersassisch, Niedersaechsisch, Nedersaksisch, Low German, Plattdütsch, Nedderdütsch; classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon; direct descendant of Old Saxon, related to English; not intelligible to speakers of Standard German; officially recognized as a regional (separate) language in eight states of Germany, and as a regional (separate) language by the European Charta on Languages; separate listings for Achterhoeks, Drents, Gronings, Sallands, Stellingwerfs, Twents, and Veluws under Netherlands, Westphalien [i.e. Westphalian?] under Germany, and Plautdietsch under Canada)