RE: [Cz-L] German Pronunciation

From: cornel fleming <cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 21:56:27 -0000
To: "'Benjamin Grilj'" <b.grilj_at_perspectiveast.com>, "'Ellen Greenspan'" <ellengreenspan_at_optonline.net>, <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
Reply-To: "cornel fleming" <cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net>

Also there are other differences....for example the word for "ceiling" in
German Hochdeutsch is "Die Decke"..in Austrian it is "Der Plafon".
Simple!!! C.

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[mailto:bounce-111933200-8441035_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Benjamin
Grilj
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 8:32 PM
To: Ellen Greenspan; czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] German Pronunciation

Dear Ellen,

this questions are not that easy to answer.

"High-German" (Hochdeutsch) is the name for the official literary language -
but itīs not just one, there are (minima) three of them: German German,
Austrian German and Swiss German. They all belong to the same group, are
pretty much the same, but differentiate in some small points (in grammar,
but most auf all in lexik).

All of these three "High-Germans" are subdivided into several dialects and
regiolects. Each of them with an own pronunciation, just spoken and in the
border regions a broader lexik, mostly extended with loanwords from the
surrounding languages. In case of bukowinian austrian german it is a quite
clear dialect, with many loanwords out of yiddish, romanian and ukrainian.

The word "Ich" was pronounced like in all other "High-German" languages:
http://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/ich

Best regards
Benjamin

Dr. Benjamin M. Grilj
b.grilj_at_perspectiveast.com
www.perspectiveast.com
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