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This is about relearning one's first language. Plautdietsch, a Low-Saxon language, originating in the Vistula Delta in what is now Poland, while extinct where it originated, is still spoken by many Mennonites in their diaspora throughout the world. More at www.plautdietsch.ca

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  • Its so much more pleasant than High German.

  • @anisuthideyakoindu(yeah I copied that) Believe it or not..... I am from the south of germany.... I understood EVERYTHING you have written.(even though you say you are from antwerp). BUT I AM SURE IF YOU WOULD HAVE SPOKEN IT.........

    .......... I would be just as lost as I am here. *lol*

  • @cg4miata Hello, Ekj jleich uk plautdietsch hieren.

    Im a mexican guy, but Im still learning low german, also englisch.

    Hochdeutsch ist sehr schwoa. Ich kaun es nicht.

  • Hello. This is great to see. My Grandma was from Inman Kansas and spoke Plautdietsch. Her name was Leona Doerksen (Maiden Name). I speak High German and love to hear Plautdietsch spoken. Ich verstehe ein bisschen Plautdietsch aber nicht ganz viel. Es is wirklich shoen zu hoeren.

  • ik kan di good verstaan ik bun van Antwerpen

    wat zegt de dutchman? dat he dat nich verstaait?

    as he dat noch un noch moal hoert ward he dat ook bannig good verstaan

    itj ik ich

    ik meen dat plautdietsch is sik nejer to vlaamsch as to dat hollands aver ook nich altied

    ik hef moal n mennist seen in Texas dei kun mi glatt verstaan as ik Antwerpener platt sproken heb! 'ik versta all wat du seggst' un ik kon alles goo verstoan wat dat hai zei

    et leve dat plautdietsch et leve de mennisten!

  • As a Dutchman i should be able to understand Plautdietsch aka Low Saxon but i cant. Reading low Saxon is no problem for me...

  • Good um to seihn dat ok in t Butenland, buten Üropa, t Leegsaksisk nog overleven deit!

  • I`m don`t tallk Plautdietsch, I talk Pommersch but I can understand all that is talked in this video, I liked listening it , very beaty this dialect. Congratulations!!!

  • Dot es geot wan mon sine muttaspeok helt in de one jinja widajeft!!

  • My name is Vada.I was named after my Great Grandmother.Could someone tell me what the meaning of my name is and where it comes from in Germany.

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