Nitran

Nitran (Nitrisch, pronounced [nɪtʁɪʃ]) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in modern day Slovakia and Austria. The Nitran language is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including German, Dutch, and English.

Pronouns
1 The polite form of address, similar to Polish, is to refer to the person of respect with the term de Haar "the Gentleman", die Fräu "the Lady", die Maagd "the Miss" and use the third-person conjugation.

2 The term die Maagd has been largely displaced in the cities, especially in Austria, due to the German slang Magd meaning "prostitute". Under these conditions, die Fräu is preferred regardless of age or marital status. However, die Maagd is still alive and well in the countryside and throughout Slovakia in general and it can cause offense in these regions to refer to a young woman as die Fräu. Learners are encouraged to take caution and to inquire after a woman's marital status (Pardon, is doar een Man dat kann ik möten?) as to signal uncertainty in a socially acceptable way. If the woman responds with "Doar is necht" or "Kann ik dy möten?", she is signalling to use die Maagd. If the woman responds with "Doar is" or "Wat een Low", she is signalling to use die Fräu. The Doar is/Doar is necht is considered formal, whereas other responses normally show informality.

Declarative sentences
Du hast een främde accent. Woar komst du fan?