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Re:A small town in Sweden fights to preserve Elfdalian, a dy... by guerrilla on Friday July 09, 2021 @09:25PM (#27790318)
Yep, just look at Germany which used to be very diverse, now I'm not e en sure there's a TV. station in Low German
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Re:A small town in Sweden fights to preserve Elfdalian, a dy... by cmrdporcupine on Friday July 09, 2021 @09:51PM (#27790453)
Not sure why you're being downvoted, it's true.

Some of the Low German dialects have been preserved by Anabaptist religious community speakers here in North America ("Plautdietsch" among Mennonites). And others (Amish, Hutterites) speak interesting High German dialects.

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