Undernederlandsk: Difference between revisions

Undernederlandsk is most often considered a North Germanic language, and thereunder listed as East Scandinavian. It thus belongs under the same classification as [[w:Danish language|Danish]], [[w:Swedish language|Swedish]], [[w:Dalecarlian|Dalecarlian]] and [[w:Gutnish|Gutnish]]. The language has also been greatly influenced by [[w:Dutch language|Dutch]], [[w:German language|German]] and, to a lesser extent, [[w:Icelandic language|Icelandic]]. Examples of Dutch influence are, for instance, the words ''øy'' "onion", [œy̯] and ''òjevær'' "stork" ([ˈujˀʋæ:ˀ]) (''ui'' [œy̯] and "ooievaar" [ˈoi̯əfa:(r)] in Dutch); examples of German influence are, for instance, the words ''krænk'' "ill/sick", [kʀæŋk] and ''kreis'' "district", [kʀɛy̯s] (''krank'' [kʀɑŋk] and ''Kreis'' [kʀai̯s] in German; examples of Icelandic are the words ''eija'' "island", [ˈɛy̯j:ɐ] and ''ást'' "love", [ˈau̯sʈ] (''eyja'' [ˈɛi̯jɑ] and ''ást'' [au̯st] in Icelandic).