Low Saxon

West Low German
West Low German
Native to	Germany, Netherlands, Southern Denmark
Speakers	Native: 300,000 (2016); L2: 2.2 million
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic North Sea Germanic Low German West Low German; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-2	nds for Low German
ISO 639-3	Variously:; nds – (partial); wep – Westphalian; frs – Eastern Frisian; gos – Gronings; stl – Stellingwerfs; drt – Drents; twd – Twents; act – Achterhoeks; sdz – Sallands; vel – Veluws
Glottolog	west2357
	West Low German area in yellow.

Low Saxon (Dutch: Nedersaksisch), also known as West Low German (German: Westniederdeutsch) are a group of Low German dialects spoken in parts of the Netherlands, northwestern Germany and southern Denmark (in North Schleswig by parts of the German-speaking minority). It is one of two dialect groups, the other being East Low German.

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