Mócheno

Facts

  • Language: Mócheno
  • Alternate names:
  • Language code: mhn
  • Language family: Indo-European, Classical Indo-European, Germanic, Northwest Germanic, West Germanic, High German, Upper German, Middle-Modern High German, Modern High German, Bairisch, Global South Bavarian
  • Number of speakers: 1900
  • Vulnerability: Threatened [Read more...]
  • Script:

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    Introduction

    Mócheno is spoken in three towns of the Mocheni Valley, in Trentino, northeastern Italy.

    The speakers of Mócheno can partially understand Bavarian, Cimbrian, or Standard German.

    The verb

    The Mócheno verb is conjugated in:

    Sample verb: bòrtn

    Indicative Imperative
    Sg.1 i bòrt -
    Sg.2 du bòrts(t) bòrt!
    Sg.3 er bòrtet -
    Pl.1 biar bòrtn / bòrtber / bòrper -
    Pl.2 ir bòrtet bòrtet!
    Pl.3 sei bòrtn -

    Conjunctive Mood

    The conjunctive mood is formed perifrastically except with a few verbs that have a synthetic (conjugated) form:

    InfinitiveTranslationConjunctive
    bissnto knowi bissat
    gea’to goi gang, gangat, gant
    homto havei hatt
    khemmento comei khamm, khammat
    nemmento takei nammat
    sai’to bei bar, bart, barat
    stea’to standstant
    tea’to doRF i tant, P i tanat
    bellnwilli bellt, bellat
    dervencani dervat
    khennencani khannt, khennat
    meingmayi mecht, megat, mechat
    miasnmusti miat, miasat

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