Hello everyone
There is an area in Germany (I believe particularly in Land Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany), where initial SP/ST is pronounced s-p/s-t and not sht/shp like in the rest of Germany. Now I would like to know
- how big that area is, and whether it comprises also (parts of) other German Länder,
- whether that pronunciation is now somewhat obsolete or limited to a minority, owing to the influence from the rest of Germany,
- whether originally it was due to Low-German or perhaps Danish influence.
Many thanks in advance.
There is an area in Germany (I believe particularly in Land Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany), where initial SP/ST is pronounced s-p/s-t and not sht/shp like in the rest of Germany. Now I would like to know
- how big that area is, and whether it comprises also (parts of) other German Länder,
- whether that pronunciation is now somewhat obsolete or limited to a minority, owing to the influence from the rest of Germany,
- whether originally it was due to Low-German or perhaps Danish influence.
Many thanks in advance.
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