Editing Old Prussian language (section)

==Dialects==
The Elbing Vocabulary and the Catechisms display systematical differences in phonology, vocabulary and grammar. Some scholars postulate that this is due to them being recordings of different dialects:{{r|Trautmann1910|pages=XXI{{Hyphen}}XXII}}
Pomesanian{{r|Rinkevicius|pages=25{{Hyphen}}89}} and Sambian.{{r|Rinkevicius|pages=90{{Hyphen}}220}}

Phonetical distinctions are: Pom. ''ē'' is Samb. ''ī'' (''{{lang|prg|sweta- : swīta-}}'' 'world'); Pom. ''ō'', Samb. ''ū'' after a labial (''{{lang|prg|mōthe [mōte] : mūti}}'' 'mother') or Pom. ''ō'', Samb. ''ā'' (''{{lang|prg|tōwis : tāws}}'' 'father'; ''{{lang|prg|brōte : brāti }}'' 'brother'), which influences the nominative suffixes of feminine ā-stems (''{{lang|prg|crauyō [kraujō] : krawia}}'' 'blood'). The nominative suffixes of the masculine o-stems are weakened to ''-is'' in Pomesanian; in Sambian they are syncopated (''{{lang|prg|deywis : deiws}}'' 'god').

Vocabulary differences encompass Pom. ''{{lang|prg|smoy}}'' [zmoy] (cf. Lith. ''žmuo)'' , Samb. ''{{lang|prg|wijrs}}'' 'man'; Pom. ''{{lang|prg|wayklis}}'', Samb. ''{{lang|prg|soūns}}'' 'son' and Pom. ''{{lang|prg|samien}}'', Samb. ''{{lang|prg|laucks}}'' [lauks] 'field'.
The neuter gender is more often found in Pomesianan than in Sambian.

Others argue that the Catechisms are written in a Yatvingized Prussian. The differences noted above could therefore be explained as being features of a different West Baltic language [[Sudovian language|Yatvingian/Sudovian]].<ref>{{cite conference|conference=Colloquium Pruthenicum Tertium|title=Grammatical Incompatibility of 2 Main Prussian "Dialects" as Implication of Different Phonological Systems|date=2001|first=Mykolas Letas|last=Palmaitis|pages=63{{Hyphen}}77|url=https://klc.vdu.lt/prussian/Diallang.pdf|place=Zakopane}}</ref>