Westphalian is one of the major dialect groups of
Low Saxon. Its most salient feature is the diphthongization (rising diphthongs). For example, we get
iEten instead of
E:ten for
eat. The Westphalian dialect region includes the northern part of
North Rhine-Westphalia, i.e. the former
Prussian province of Westphalia excluding the
Siegerland[?] and the region around
Osnabrück.