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Eastphalian, or Eastfalian (German: Ostfälisch), is a dialect of Low German, spoken in southeastern parts of Lower Saxony and western parts of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany.
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Eastphalia (German: Ostfalen, pronounced [ɔstˈfaːlən]; Eastphalian: Oostfalen) is a historical region in northern Germany, encompassing the eastern Gaue (shires) of the historic stem duchy of Saxony, roughly confined by the River Leine in the west and the Elbe and Saale in the east.
Eastphalian, or Eastfalian (German: Ostfälisch), is a dialect of West Low German, spoken in southeastern parts of Lower Saxony and western parts of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany.
The Low German varieties of Germany excluding Eastphalian and Westphalian are Northern Low German. In Germany, it is spoken in parts of the Ruhr area inter alia. It is spoken in several states of Germany. Eastphalian had two language islands within its area.
(Top) Southern Low German vs. West Low German. Talk:Eastphalian language. "Eastphalian" seems like the English translation of the language. Could someone let us know what it calls itself? -- Zoe. It's "Ostfälisch" in Standard German, but that's not a whole lot of help. Ethnologue doesn't give it a separate article, so that resource doesn't say.
As such, it covers a great part of the West Low German-speaking areas of northern Germany, with the exception of the border regions where South Low Saxon (Eastphalian and Westphalian) is spoken, and Gronings dialect in the Netherlands.
