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About the story
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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LOWLANDS VARIETIES:

ENGLISHThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
   • BritishThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · GeneralThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · HampshireThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Thames EstuaryThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Lancashire (Preston)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L. 
     · Lancashire (Wigan)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L. 
     · South Yorkshire & DerbyshireThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · NorthumbrianThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Scottish EnglishThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · British Sign LanguageThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
   • AustralianThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · OckerThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Cape BarrenThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
   • North AmericanThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Standard Eastern AmericanThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · New HampshireThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · PittsburghThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Eastern Canadian (1)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Eastern Canadian (2)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · NewfoundlandThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Tennessee AppalachianThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · West Virginia AppalachianThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Western American (Arizona)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Western American (California)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Western CanadianThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · African American VernacularThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
   • OtherThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Philippine EnglishThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
   • Pidgins & CreolesThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Tok Pisin (Neo-Melanesian)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
   • ConstructedThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Basic EnglishThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · RiddleyspeakThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
   • PrecontemporaryThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Early Modern English für Lowlands-L themenbezogene Sprache oder Mundart
     · Middle English ProseThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Middle English Verse (1)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Middle English Verse (2)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Old English (Anglo-Saxon, 1)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Old English (Anglo-Saxon, 2)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.

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SCOTSThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · GeneralThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · East LothianThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.

FRISIANThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · West, Westlauwer (Frysk)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · East, SaterThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · North, FeringThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.

LOW SAXON (“Low German”)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
   • NorthernThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · GeneralThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available [Original Version]
     · HadelnThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · HamburgThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Olland (Dat Ole Land/Das Alte Land “The Old Land”)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Oldenburg, NorthThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Eastern Friesland (general)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Eastern Friesland (Hinte)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Groningen (Hoogeland)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Groningen (Veendam)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · North Drenthe (Norg)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
   • EasternThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · MecklenburgThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Plautdietsch (Mennonite) of KhortitzaThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Plautdietsch (Mennonite) of Molochna (1)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Plautdietsch (Mennonite) of Molochna (2)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Plautdietsch (Mennonite) - “Russian” (1)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Plautdietsch (Mennonite) - “Russian” (2)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
   • WesternThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · WestphalianThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Westphalian (Osnabrück)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Münsterland dialect of BocholtThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Münsterland dialect of SteinfurtThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · SallandThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · TwenteThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · AchterhoekThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Drenthe dialect of ZuidwoldeThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Drenthe dialect of HoogeveenThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Drenthe dialect of NorgThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · StellingwervenThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · VeluweThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
   • PrecontemporaryThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Middle SaxonThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Old SaxonThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available

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DUTCHThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · StandardThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Brabantish, proposed standardThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Brabantish of AntwerpThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Brabantish of MerchtemThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Brabantish of RosmalenThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · “Brabantish” of CuijkThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Zealandic of KwadendammeThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Zealandic of Oost SouburgThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Flemish of OstendThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Flemish of NieuwpoortThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Flemish of RoeselareThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · “City Frisian” (Ljouwert/Leeuwarden)This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available

AFRIKAANSThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · StandardThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Garib/GriquaThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available

LIMBURGISHThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · GeneralThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · BrunssumThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · BilzenThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · VliermaalThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available

SOUTHERN LOW FRANCONIAN & EASTERN BERGISCH
(CLEVES FRANCONIAN)
This language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · VenloThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Mülheim an der RuhrThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Mülheim an der Ruhr, SaarnThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · SolingenThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · “Brabantish” of CuijkThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · LiemersThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.


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OTHER VARIETIES:

GERMAN
     · General Standard GermanSound File Available
     · Northern Standard GermanSound File Available
     · Eastern PrussiaSound File Available
     · Missingsch of BremenThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Missingsch of HamburgThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Missingsch of WilhelmshavenThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Ruhr GermanThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · Cologne Ripuarian
     · Saarland
     · Lorraine Frankish
     · Lower BavarianSound File Available
     · Old (High) GermanSound File Available

YIDDISHSound File Available

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

EASTERN GERMANIC
     · GothicSound File Available

CELTIC
     · WelshSound File Available
     · CornishSound File Available
     · Breton (1)
     · Breton (2)
     · Breton (3)
     · Irish
     · Scottish Gaelic
     · Manx

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

BALTIC
     · Latvian

SLAVONIC
     · Lower Sorbian
     · Upper Sorbian
     · Czech
     · Slovak
     · PolishSound File Available
     · BelarusianSound File Available
     · Ukrainian (1)
     · Ukrainian (2)Sound File Available
     · Russian (1)
     · Russian (2)Sound File Available
     · TrasiankaSound File Available
     · Croatian
     · Serbian
     · Bulgarian
     · Slovio

OTHER EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
     · Albanian
     · Greek
     · MalteseSound File Available

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

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

AFRICAN
     · Standard AfrikaansThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · Garib/Griqua AfrikaansThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.Sound File Available
     · ArabicSound File Available
     · Amharic
     · CopticSound File Available
     · Mauritian

AFRO-ASIATIC
     · MalteseSound File Available
     · ArabicSound File Available
     · Hebrew
     · Amharic
     · CopticSound File Available

ASIAN & OCEANIC
     · Georgian
     · Armenian
     · Kurdish
     · Farsi (Persian)Sound File Available
     · Turkish (1)Sound File Available
     · Turkish (2)Sound File Available
     · CrimeanSound File Available
     · Azerbaijani
     · Mongolian
     · ArabicSound File Available
     · Hebrew
     · Nepalese
     · Panjabi (Muslim)
     · Panjabi (Non-Muslim)
     · Siraiki
     · Urdu
     · Hindi
     · Gujarati
     · Kannada
     · Classical Chinese
     · Modern Chinese (Mandarin) 1Sound File Available
     · Modern Chinese (Mandarin) 2Sound File Available
     · Modern Chinese (Cantonese)Sound File Available
     · Japanese
     · KoreanSound File Available
     · Vietnamese
     · Malay
     · Baba Malay
     · Indonesian (1)
     · Indonesian (2)Sound File Available
     · Indonesian (3)
     · SundaneseSound File Available
     · JavaneseSound File Available
     · Balinese
     · Toba Batak
     · Tagalog (General 1)Sound File Available
     · Tagalog (General 2)
     · Tagalog (Manila)
     · Tagalog (S. Manila)
     · Tagalog (Nueva Écija)
     · Ilocano
     · Ifugao (Tuwali)
     · KapampanganSound File Available
     · Masbatenyo
     · Pangasinan (Malasiqui)mit Tondatei
     · Pangasinan (San Carlos)
     · Bolinao
     · Bikol (Naga, Calabanga)
     · Bikol (Daet)
     · Bikol (Legazpi)Sound File Available
     · 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 EnglishThis 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.Sound File Available

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

ISOLATED VARIETIES
     · Ainu

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

CONSTRUCTED VARIETIES
     · Esperanto (1)Sound File Available
     · Esperanto (2)
     · Esperanto (3)
     · FolkspraakSound File Available
     · InterlinguaSound File Available
     · Jameld
     · Klingon
     · MiddelsprakeSound File Available
     · Ozee TilpSound File Available
     · Quenya
     · Slovio
     · Basic EnglishThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.
     · RiddleyspeakThis language variety belongs to the information focus of Lowlands-L.

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

EXTINCT
     · Latin (1)Sound File Available
     · Latin (2)Sound File Available
     · Latin (3)Sound File Available
     · GothicSound File Available
     · CopticSound File Available



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