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Re: German Dialectology was: Re: Tsuhon: tentative phonology

From:Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...>
Date:Thursday, April 26, 2001, 22:14
> Well, as you can see her Platt is not derived from High German, but (I > think) from Old Saxon. It is quite similar to Dutch. Some words are > really different and you have to go back to Old High German to find > similar stems. I forgot what `kuiern' had as an equivalent. It means > `to talk'.
Is she from Niedersachsen?
> > It has nice diphthong umlauts: > > käo (cow) -> koie (cows) > [kEo] [kOIj@]
Do you know of any writings on this Platt? -------ferko Ferenc Gy. Valoczy Suurt chugunikka peene ahjo suhe et toukka. Virtual Votia - Vaddjamaa Internetaza: http://www.geocities.com/uralica railways page: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/3976/ 25kV 50Hz: http://www.mp3.com/25kV50Hz

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