| Southern Schleswig Danish | |
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| Region | Southern Schleswig |
| Ethnicity | Danish minority in Southern Schleswig |
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
| IETF | da-u-sd-desh |
Southern Schleswig Danish (Danish:Sydslesvigdansk,German:Südschleswigdänisch) is a variety of theDanish language spoken inSouthern Schleswig inNorthern Germany. It is a variety of Standard Danish (rigsmål, rigsdansk) influenced by the surroundingGerman language in relation toprosody,syntax andmorphology, used by theDanish minority in Southern Schleswig.
OriginallySouthern Jutlandic was spoken in most parts of the area (in the variants ofAngel Danish and Mellemslesvigsk). On the western coast,North Frisian was also spoken. After thelanguage shift in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, most of the Danish and North Frisian dialects were replaced byLow andStandard German.[citation needed]
Accordingly, there is a Northern Schleswig variety of German language inNorthern Schleswig. A similar phenomenon isGøtudanskt on theFaroe Islands.[citation needed]
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