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What’s with this “Wren” thing?
The oldest extant version of the fable we are presenting here appeared in 1913 in the first volume of a two-volume anthology of Low Saxon folktales (Plattdeutsche Volksmärchen “Low German Folktales”) collected by Wilhelm Wisser (1843–1935). Read more ...

ONE LOW SAXON (LOW GERMAN) STORY WITH LOTS OF TRANSLATIONS!

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ENGLISH

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Русский · Indonesia/Melayu · 中文 · 日本語

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LOWLANDS VARIETIES:

ENGLISH This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
   • British
     · General Sound File Available
     · Hampshire
     · Thames Estuary
     · Lancashire (Preston)
     · Lancashire (Wigan)
     · South Yorkshire & Derbyshire This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Northumbrian
     · Scottish English
     · British Sign Language
   • Australian
     · Ocker Sound File Available
     · Cape Barren
   • North American
     · Standard Eastern American This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · New Hampshire
     · Pittsburgh
     · Eastern Canadian (1)
     · Eastern Canadian (2) Sound File Available
    · Newfoundland
     · Tennessee Appalachian
     · West Virginia Appalachian This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Western American (Arizona)
     · Western American (California)
     · Western Canadian Sound File Available
     · African American Vernacular
   • Other
     · Philippine English This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
   • Pidgins & Creoles
     · Tok Pisin (Neo-Melanesian)
   • Constructed
     · Basic English
     · Riddleyspeak
   • Precontemporary
     · Early Modern English für Lowlands-L themenbezogene Sprache oder Mundart
     · Middle English Prose This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Middle English Verse (1) Sound File Available
     · Middle English Verse (2)
     · Old English (Anglo-Saxon, 1)
     · Old English (Anglo-Saxon, 2)

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SCOTS This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · General
     · East Lothian

FRISIAN
     · West, Westlauwer (Frysk) Sound File Available
     · East, Sater
     · North, Fering

LOW SAXON (“Low German”) This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
   • Northern
     · General [Original Version]
     · Hadeln
     · Hamburg
     · Olland (Dat Ole Land/Das Alte Land “The Old Land”) Sound File Available
     · Oldenburg, North This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Eastern Friesland (general)
     · Eastern Friesland (Hinte)
     · Groningen (Hoogeland)
     · Groningen (Veendam)
     · North Drenthe (Norg) Sound File Available
   • Eastern This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Mecklenburg
     · Plautdietsch (Mennonite) of Khortitza
     · Plautdietsch (Mennonite) of Molochna (1)
     · Plautdietsch (Mennonite) of Molochna (2)
     · Plautdietsch (Mennonite) - “Russian” (1) This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Plautdietsch (Mennonite) - “Russian” (2)
   • Western
     · Westphalian
     · Westphalian (Osnabrück) Sound File Available
     · Münsterland dialect of Bocholt This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Münsterland dialect of Steinfurt
     · Salland
     · Twente
     · Achterhoek
     · Drenthe dialect of Zuidwolde Sound File Available
     · Drenthe dialect of Hoogeveen This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Drenthe dialect of Norg
     · Stellingwerven
     · Veluwe
   • Precontemporary
     · Middle Saxon
     · Old Saxon Sound File Available

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DUTCH This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Standard Sound File Available
     · Brabantish, proposed standard
     · Brabantish of Antwerp
     · Brabantish of Merchtem
     · Brabantish of Rosmalen
     · “Brabantish” of Cuijk This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Zealandic of Kwadendamme Sound File Available
     · Zealandic of Oost Souburg
     · Flemish of Ostend
     · Flemish of Nieuwpoort
     · Flemish of Roeselare
     · “City Frisian” (Ljouwert/Leeuwarden) This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.

AFRIKAANS This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Standard Sound File Available
     · Garib/Griqua

LIMBURGISH
     · General
     · Brunssum
     · Bilzen
     · Vliermaal

SOUTHERN LOW FRANCONIAN & EASTERN BERGISCH
(CLEVES FRANCONIAN) This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Venlo Sound File Available
     · Mülheim an der Ruhr
     · Mülheim an der Ruhr, Saarn
     · Solingen
     · “Brabantish” of Cuijk
     · Liemers

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OTHER VARIETIES:

GERMAN
     · General Standard German Sound File Available
     · Northern Standard German
     · Eastern Prussia
     · Missingsch of Bremen This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Missingsch of Hamburg
     · Missingsch of Wilhelmshaven
     · Ruhr German
     · Cologne Ripuarian
     · Saarland
     · Lorraine Frankish
     · Lower Bavarian Sound File Available
     · Old (High) German

YIDDISH

NORTHERN GERMANIC (Nordic, Scandinavian)
     · Faeroese (1)
     · Faeroese (2)
     · Icelandic
     · Danish
     · Western Jutish
     · Southern Jutish
     · Swedish Sound File Available
     · Jamtlandish
     · Dano-Norwegian (Bokmål)
     · Neo-Norwegian (Nynorsk)

EASTERN GERMANIC
     · Gothic

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CELTIC
     · Welsh Sound File Available
     · Cornish
     · Breton (1)
     · Breton (2)
     · Breton (3)
     · Irish
     · Scottish Gaelic
     · Manx

ROMANCE
     · Portuguese (Portugal)
     · Portuguese (Brazil)
     · Galician
     · Spanish (Castilian)
     · Filipino Spanish
     · Filipino Creole Spanish (Cavite) Sound File Available
     · Filipino Creole Spanish (Zamboanga)
     · Ladino (Judeo-Spanish)
     · Valencian
     · Catalan
     · Occitan
    · French
    · Norman (Guernsey)
     · Walloon (Liège)
     · Walloon (Namêche) Sound File Available
     · Italian
     · Ligurian (Genoese)
     · Sardinian
     · Rhaeto-Roman
     · Romanian
     · Latin (1)
     · Latin (2)
     · Latin (3)
     · Mauritian
     · Papiamentu
     · Interlingua

BALTIC
     · Latvian

SLAVONIC
     · Lower Sorbian
     · Upper Sorbian
     · Czech
     · Slovak
     · Polish Sound File Available
     · Belarusian
     · Ukrainian (1)
     · Ukrainian (2)
     · Russian (1)
     · Russian (2)
     · Trasianka
     · Croatian
     · Serbian
     · Bulgarian
     · Slovio

OTHER EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
     · Albanian
     · Greek
     · Maltese Sound File Available

URALIC
     · Hungarian Sound File Available
     · Estonian
     · Livonian
     · Finnish (Standard)
     · Stadi (Casual Helsinki Finnish)
     · Sámi (Northern)

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ALTAIC
    · Azerbaijani
     · Turkish (1) Sound File Available
     · Turkish (2)
     · Crimean Turkic
    · Mongolian

AFRICAN
     · Standard Afrikaans This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Garib/Griqua Afrikaans
    · Arabic
     · Amharic
     · Coptic Sound File Available
     · Mauritian

AFRO-ASIATIC
     · Maltese
     · Arabic
     · Hebrew
     · Amharic
     · Coptic

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ASIAN & OCEANIC
     · Georgian
    · Armenian
    · Kurdish
    · Farsi (Persian) Sound File Available
    · Turkish (1)
     · Turkish (2)
     · Crimean
    · Azerbaijani
    · Mongolian
     · Arabic
     · Hebrew
     · Nepalese
     · Panjabi (Muslim)
     · Panjabi (Non-Muslim)
     · Siraiki
     · Urdu
     · Hindi
     · Gujarati
     · Kannada
     · Classical Chinese
     · Modern Chinese (Mandarin) 1 Sound File Available
     · Modern Chinese (Mandarin) 2
     · Modern Chinese (Cantonese)
     · Japanese
     · Korean
     · Vietnamese
     · Malay
     · Baba Malay
     · Indonesian (1)
     · Indonesian (2)
     · Indonesian (3)
     · Sundanese Sound File Available
     · Javanese
     · Balinese
     · Toba Batak
     · Tagalog (General 1)
     · Tagalog (General 2)
     · Tagalog (Manila)
     · Tagalog (S. Manila)
     · Tagalog (Nueva Écija)
     · Ilocano
     · Ifugao (Tuwali)
     · Kapampangan Sound File Available
     · Masbatenyo
     · Pangasinan (Malasiqui) mit Tondatei
     · Pangasinan (San Carlos)
     · Bolinao
     · Bikol (Naga, Calabanga)
     · Bikol (Daet)
     · Bikol (Legazpi)
     · Bikol (Mirayá)
     · Bikol (Rinconada, Nabua)
     · Bikol (Tiwi)
     · Hiligaynon · Ilonggo (Iloilo)
     · Hiligaynon · Ilonggo (Mindoro)
     · Kinaray-a (Iloilo)
     · Waray-Waray (Victoria)
     · Waray-Waray (Laoang)
     · Gubát Waray
     · Asi’ (Bantoanon)
     · Cebuano (Cebu City)
     · Cebuano (Davao City)
     · Boholano
     · Tausug
     · Sama (Balanguingui)
     · Philippine English This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Filipino Spanish
     · Filipino Creole Spanish (Cavite) Sound File Available
     · Filipino Creole Spanish (Zamboanga)
     · Hawai‘ian
     · Maori
     · Ainu
     · Tok Pisin (Neo-Melanesian) This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.

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NATIVE AMERICAN
     · Greenlandic
     · Cree, Southern Atikamekw
     · Cree, Southern Inland East
     · Mohawk
     · Tsalagi (Cherokee)
     · Yoeme (Hiaki, Yaqui)
     · Quechua
     · Guaraní

ISOLATED VARIETIES
     · Ainu

CONTACT VARIETIES
     · Standard Afrikaans This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L. Sound File Available
     · Garib/Griqua Afrikaans
     · Tok Pisin (Neo-Melanesian)
     · Bremen Missingsch
     · Hamburg Missingsch
     · Wilhelmshaven Missingsch
     · Ruhr German This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · “City Frisian”
     · Mauritian
     · Baba Malay
     · Papiamentu
     · Ladino (Judeo-Spanish)
     · Filipino Creole Spanish (Cavite) Sound File Available
     · Filipino Creole Spanish (Zamboanga)
     · Trasianka
     · Yiddish

CONSTRUCTED VARIETIES
     · Esperanto (1)
     · Esperanto (2)
     · Esperanto (3)
     · Folkspraak
     · Interlingua
     · Jameld
     · Klingon
     · Middelsprake Sound File Available
     · Ozee Tilp
     · Quenya
     · Slovio
     · Basic English This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Riddleyspeak

PRECONTEMPORARY
     · Early Modern English für Lowlands-L themenbezogene Sprache oder Mundart
     · Middle English Prose
     · Middle English Verse (1) Sound File Available
     · Middle English Verse (2) This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Old English (Anglo-Saxon, 1)
     · Old English (Anglo-Saxon, 2)
   · Middle Saxon
     · Old Saxon
     · Old (High) German Sound File Available
     · Classical Chinese

EXTINCT
     · Latin (1) Sound File Available
     · Latin (2)
     · Latin (3)
     · Gothic
     · Coptic