Lowlands-L Travel

Lowlands-L is an automated worldwide electronic mail list for those who are interested in the languages and cultures of the lowlands adjacent to the coast of the North Sea and of Baltic Sea (the “Lowlands”).

The primary focus of Lowlands-L is on the Germanic languages and their cultural environments that developed and remain in the Lowlands (Dutch, Flemish, Zeelandic, Frisian, Low Saxon [Low German], Limburgish) as well as those that descended from these languages or from their predecessors and are used elsewhere (Afrikaans, Lowlands emigré varieties, Lowlands-based pidgins and creoles, and also English and Scots). Other languages and their cultural environments may be discussed within this context.

to facilitate global communication and collaboration among those who are interested in Lowlands languages, cultures and related topics
to promote and facilitate research and teaching of Lowlands languages and cultures
to promote the use of Lowlands linguistic and cultural data in general research and publications
to support efforts to protect, revive and advance endangered Lowlands languages or language varieties
to pay attention to minority Lowlands languages and cultures, including those that are being denied official recognition
to serve as a forum for exploring common and diverse features of Lowlands languages and cultures
to provide opportunities to enjoy and enhance mutual intelligibility among Lowlands languages in multilingual exchanges
to strengthen linguistic, cultural and social ties among users of Lowlands languages, their descendants and their friends