Ruhrdeutsch
Ruhrdeutsch (Ruhr German) is a German variety of Low German spoken in the Ruhr area. Most linguists consider it a regiolect. Ruhrdeutsch as a concept has to be understood as a group of many differing regional and local variants, based on the different dialects existing in this partly Rhenish, partly Westphalian area before the industrialization.
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Area where Ruhr German is spoken in Germany.
Through immigration its vocabulary has been influenced by Polish and Yiddish to a small extent, although this influence has proved to be smaller than thought.
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