Plattdeutsch

Chris Doss itschris13 at hotmail.com
Fri Mar 17 23:02:19 PST 2000


Hochdeutsch (High German) is, as I understand it, based upon the dialect of German into which Luther translated the Bible. The highly-regarded positon of the language in German culture was further enhanced by later political developments.

My mother, from Swabia, speaks a dialect of what I believe is Platdeutsch (Swabish).

Germanists, feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

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