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

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Friday, April 27, 2001, 7:48
Hi!

Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...> writes:
> > 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?
No, Plattdeutsch is spoken far away from the coast, too. It's original B

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Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...>