Alemán Coloniero
Facts
- Language: Alemán Coloniero
- Alternate names: German Colonia Tovar
- Language code: gct
- Language family: Indo-European, Classical Indo-European, Germanic, Northwest Germanic, West Germanic, High German, Upper German, Middle-Modern High German, Modern High German, Alemannic, North Alemannic
- Number of speakers: ?
- Script:
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Introduction
Alemán Coloniero is a lower Alemannic dialect of German, spoken in Colonia Tovar, Venezuela.
The Alemán Coloniero language developed from Alemannic of 1843 under the influence of many other dialects of south Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. It is not intelligible with Standard German.
The verb
Sample Sentence
"Jede Dag in d'r Früh fange mer an un geh'n rüs uf's Feld. Mir läbe vun d'r Landwirtschaft"
Verbs
- fange ... an 'I begin'
- geh'n 'I go'
- läbe 'I live'
External References
- Hamburger Abendblatt: Hier ruft die Kuckucksuhr im Regenwald