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Westphalian or Westfalish (''Westfäölsk'') is one of the major dialect groups of West Low German. Its most salient feature is its diphthongization (rising diphthongs). For example, speakers say ''ieten'' () instead of ''eten'' for "to eat". (There is also a difference in the use of consonants ''within'' the Westphalian dialects: North of the Wiehengebirge, people tend to speak unvoiced consonants, south of the Wiehengebirge they voiced their consonants, e.g. ''Foite'' > ''Foide''.) The Westphalian dialect region includes the north-eastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, i.e. the former Prussian province of Westphalia, without Siegerland and Wittgenstein, but including the southern part of former government district Weser-Ems (e.g. the region around Osnabrück and the landscape of Emsland). ==Varieties and similarities== Among the Westphalian language there are different subgroups of dialects: *''Münster Low German'' in the Münsterland (including Borbecksch Platt dialect) *''East Westphalian'' in East Westphalia (including the dialect of Osnabrück) *''Sauerland Low German'' Westphalian has many lexical similarities and other proximities with Eastphalian, extending to the East and a bit to the North of the area where Westphalian is spoken. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Westphalian language」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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