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HelpRe: Another German sibset
in reply to a message by Anthroponomastics
It's all right, at least you can speak German (I am slightly green with envy, lol). I've always wanted to learn it, but never had the chance.
Forgive my ignorance, but I am unaware of Swabian German. Is it a regional dialect?
Forgive my ignorance, but I am unaware of Swabian German. Is it a regional dialect?
This message was edited 12/6/2009, 11:32 AM
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Yes it is a regional dialect.
It's spoken in the area of Baden-Wuertemburg (sorry for the "ue"...I don't know how to do umlauts or accents on this thing!). That's west of Bavaria. They have a very distinct dialect, that's so different from standard German or anything else it looks like an entirely different language, perhaps in a different family...I have an easier time reading Swedish, and that says something! I don't even know a word of it!
I think I forgot to mention that the post said nothing about Japanese...it did say something that looked a lot like fantastical or fantasy, but I can't be sure of the meaning.
I'm also learning French.
It's spoken in the area of Baden-Wuertemburg (sorry for the "ue"...I don't know how to do umlauts or accents on this thing!). That's west of Bavaria. They have a very distinct dialect, that's so different from standard German or anything else it looks like an entirely different language, perhaps in a different family...I have an easier time reading Swedish, and that says something! I don't even know a word of it!
I think I forgot to mention that the post said nothing about Japanese...it did say something that looked a lot like fantastical or fantasy, but I can't be sure of the meaning.
I'm also learning French.
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