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Niedersachsen state: north of a line from Aachen to Frankfurt an der Oder.

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Language NamePomeranian

User Population

300,000 in Brazil (2016 M. Braga).

Location

Espírito Santo: Domingos Martins, Laranja da Terra, Pancas, Santa Maria de Jetibá, and Vila Pavão; Rio Grande do Sul: Serra dos Tapes, Canguçu.

Alternate Names

Pomerano, Pommersch

Language Status

4 (Educational). Statutory language of provincial identity in State of Espirito Santo (2011, State Amendment), co-official in a number of municipalities within the state.

Language Use

All domains. Used by all. All also use Portuguese [por].

Language Development

Taught as subject in most primary schools in grades 2–5 using unofficial orthography (Mackedanz 2016).

Other Comments

Developed from the East Pomeranian dialect of Low Saxon [nds], previously spoken in northern Poland.

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