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- ↑ Walther Ziesemer, Die ostpreußischen Mundarten. Proben und Darstellung, Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau 1924, p. 125 and 129 in the section 6. Das Niederpreußische
- ↑ Walther Ziesemer, Die ostpreußischen Mundarten, Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 137 (map Die ostpreußischen Mundarten)
- ↑ Bense, Gertrud; Kozianka, Maria; Meinhold, Gottfried, eds. (1995). Deutsch-Litauische Kulturbeziehungen (PDF). Universitätsverlag Druckhaus Mayer Jena. ISBN 3925978380.
- ↑ Walther Mitzka. Kleine Schriften. Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1968, p. 298
- ↑ Walther Ziesemer, Die ostpreußischen Mundarten, Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 129
- ↑ Walther Ziesemer, Die ostpreußischen Mundarten, Ferdinand Hirt, Breslau, 1924, p. 132
- ↑ Walther Mitzka. Kleine Schriften zur Sprachgeschichte und Sprachgeographie. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1968, p. 324
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