Language - Interactive map for Low German
An interactive map aims to make Low German in northern Germany visible. Interested parties can enter regional expressions, inscriptions on historic houses or Low German songs online, according to the Regional Center for Low German. The portal is now available at www.plattdeutsch-sammeln.de.
"We come across Low German in public spaces time and time again," said Thorsten Börnsen, Managing Director of the Regional Center for Low German. "These language documents are often scattered far and wide." With the interactive map, the linguistic finds are now to be brought together for the first time and made visible online.
According to the Regional Center for Low German, the application can be used on smartphones and computers - either in High or Low German. Citizens could, for example, take a photo of a Low German saying during a walk and upload it. In future, the map with the Low German entries will also be used as a basis for tours and guided tours.
Low German - or colloquially Plattdeutsch - is protected as a regional language by the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages, which came into force in 1998. It is estimated that around 2.5 million people throughout northern Germany actively speak Low German.
Regional Center for Low German
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The interactive map can help locate Low German speakers in regions like Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Lower Saxony, located in Northern Germany. If you're in Bremen or Hamburg, you can also contribute to the map by submitting photographs of Low German inscriptions or signs. The European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages protects Low German, or Plattdeutsch, which is used by around 2.5 million people across different parts of Germany.
Source: www.stern.de
