In northern Germany, people outside towns speak Low Saxon.

Low Saxon first appears in writing in the 8th century.

Low Saxon is officially recognized as a language on its own, but despite this fact, there's little official action taken on fostering the language.

The name comes from Low Saxon and means short (kort) piece of wood (holt).

German and Low Saxon, which is rarely spoken now but can be still heard spoken by older people.

Northern Low Saxon is still widely spoken in the region.

(The same happened to Low Saxon in some communities.)

However, Northern Low Saxon is easily understood by speakers of these dialects.

Only the Lower Saxons are, of course, very backward here.

These are, together with Low Saxon, the following four: