Languages Schleswig-Holstein
helgoland island in north sea
danish, german, low german , north frisian official languages of state.
historically, low german (in holstein , south of schleswig), danish (in schleswig), , north frisian (in north frisia in western schleswig) spoken. during language change in 19th century danish , north frisian dialects in southern schleswig replaced german.
low german still used in many parts of state, pidgin of low , standardised german (missingsch) used in areas, , pidgin of german , danish (petuh) used in flensburg-area. danish used danish minority in southern schleswig, , north frisian spoken north frisians of north sea coast , northern frisian islands in southern schleswig. north frisian dialect called heligolandic (halunder) spoken on island of heligoland.
high german introduced in 16th century, official purposes, today predominant language.
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