Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

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

From:Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...>
Date:Thursday, April 26, 2001, 0:09
> > Is there anywhere where I can get a mapping of soundchanges > > (? differences?) from Standard High German to Austrian? > > Hmm, I don't know a source from my head, but I see something in front > of me internal eye that I once read where sound changes for southern > German dialects where shown. But I forgot where it was/is. Because > I'm not used to Austrian too much, I think anything I could produce > from my head would be non-complete, overly generalised, and wrong. >
As I am with Platt...
> > cant remember the url now...) and am curious as to whether any of the > > dialects have besides Bayrisch has as standardised an orthography as > > that; > > No, because it is different from village to village. I actually don't > know what Bavarian orthography is based on, since I think there is > also not only one dialect. >
IIRC it was based on Muenchen dialect...
> > > I've seen Saechsisch written dialectally too, but didn't look very > > standardised...at any rate does anyone write in their dialect like they > > did in Luxembourg before the introduction of the standardised > > Letzebuergesch orthography? > > Yes, no standards.
I remember reading that Letzebuergers were quite upset when the standardisation was introduced, because it meant that they couldn't sell their native language correctly!
> > E.g. the dialect my grandmother spoke (unfortunately moribund now I > would think: I'm one of the few of my generation that still understand > it, but I cannot speak it), is very different from what is spoken 5km > away. > > My grandma: Kuier mol wuier Platt. > [kUIj6 mO:l vUIj6 plat] > > 5km away: Küör mol wedder Platt. > [ky96 mO:l wEd6 plat] > > `Speak Lower German (the name of the language: Platt) again!'
i figured the 'mol wedder Platt' part out but I'm afraid I wouldn't understand a word your grandma would say. -------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

Reply

Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>