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Low Prussian (German: Niederpreußisch) sometimes known simply as Prussian (Preußisch) is a dialect of East Low German that developed in East Prussia. Low Prussian was spoken in East and West Prussia and Danzig up to 1945. It developed on a Baltic substrate through the influx of Dutch and Low German speaking immigrants. It overruled Old Prussian which then became extinct in the 17th century.Plautdietsch a Low German variety is included within Low Prussian by some observers.

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