--- Angelus Novus <fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com> wrote: Germany does not have any sort of indigenous minorities, other than the Sorbs and Wendts, indigenous slavic groups concentrated primarily in parts of Brandenburg and Saxony.
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Germany is a young country. It wasn't so long ago that Bavarians, Saxons, and Schwabians were regarded as somewhat distinct ethnic groups. They speak different local languages to this day.
My relatives in Schwabia tend to think that Ossies, whom they don't like, are a different ethnic group. They also think Germany is an occupied country. ;)
They are rather right-wing, though.
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