Low German

West Germanic language spoken mainly in northern Germany and the eastern part of the Netherlands
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Low German

Summary

Low German is a dialect group[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of dialect_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,299 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Low German is in the country of Germany[3].
  • Low German is in the country of Netherlands[4].
  • Low German's image is recorded as DE-NDS-Ohlenbüttel-Ortsschild.JPG[5].
  • Low German's image is recorded as DE-NDS Wulmsdörp Ortsschild.jpg[6].
  • Low German's instance of is recorded as dialect group[7].
  • Low German's instance of is recorded as natural language[8].
  • Low German's instance of is recorded as modern language[9].
  • Low German's ISO 639-2 code is recorded as nds[10].
  • Low German's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as nds[11].
  • Low German's GND ID is recorded as 4042178-8[12].
  • Low German's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85078636[13].
  • Low German's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119556749[14].
  • Low German's IdRef ID is recorded as 02753748X[15].
  • Low German's subclass of is recorded as North Sea Germanic[16].
  • Low German's subclass of is recorded as South Germanic[17].
  • Low German's writing system is recorded as Latin script[18].
  • Low German's IETF language tag is recorded as nds[19].
  • Low German's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00572781[20].
  • Low German's Commons category is recorded as Low German language[21].
  • Low German's Wikimedia language code is recorded as nds[22].
  • Low German's has part is recorded as Low Saxon[23].
  • Low German's has part is recorded as East Low German[24].
  • Low German's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02hxrs_[25].
  • Low German's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph114338[26].
  • Low German's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Low German[27].

Why It Matters

Low German ranks in the top 1% of dialect_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,299 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Archaeology & Language. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · GeertivpBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Low German, Category:Low German languages
    Country Germany, Netherlands
    Number of speakers, writers, or signers {'amount': '+5000000'}
    Instance of dialect group, natural language, modern language
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