Hunsrückisch
Hunsrückisch is a German dialect spoken in the Hunsrück region of Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate). This mountainous region of Germany has long been an exporter of emigrants to the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia and other parts of the world.
Hunsrückisch was spoken on Edgar Reitz's acclaimed television series Heimat.
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[edit] Features
Hunsrückisch is a West Central German dialect, which means that it did not undergo all phases of the High German consonant shift. For example:
- Wat (English what, Dutch wat, German was)
- Mudder (English mother, Dutch moeder, German Mutter)
[edit] French influence
Because of its proximity to France, the Hunsrückisch dialect spoken in the Hunsrück region has experienced unique influences from the neighboring French language through the centuries[citation needed]. During Napoleonic times the Hunsrück region was incorporated into France for a short period.
[edit] South Brazil dialects
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There is a variation of this dialect in southern Brazil, named Riograndenser (i.e. Rio Grande do Sul) Hunsrückisch by Dr. Cléo Vilson Altenhofen in 1996.
Throughout its almost 200-year history in Southern Brazil, Riograndenser Hunsrückisch has been greatly influenced by other German dialects such as Pomeranian, Swabian, and Austro-Bavarian, by other immigrant languages, and by Portuguese. Via Brazilian Portuguese, it has also incorporated Amerindian and Afro-Brazilian terminology.
Riograndenser Hunsrückisch is spoken not only in the state of Rio Grande do Sul but also in the neighboring state of Santa Catarina and in other parts of southern Brazil (and on a much smaller scale in other countries of the region, like Paraguay and Argentina).
[edit] References
- Vilela, Soraia (April 20, 2004). "O alemão lusitano do Sul do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Deutsche Welle. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1174391,00.html. Retrieved 2006-10-20.
- Rosenberg, Peter. "Deutsche Minderheiten in Lateinamerika". Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). Archived from the original on 2006-05-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20060528172249/http://www.kuwi.euv-frankfurt-o.de/~sw1www/publikation/lateinam.htm. Retrieved 2006-10-20.
[edit] External links
- Hunsrücker Platt, an A-Z of common Hunsrückisch words and phrases (as spoken in the village of Hundheim) and their standard German equivalents, as compiled by Achim Berg.
