Thank you for this treasure. Who would have ever imagined that our
Czernowitzer Deutsch was important enough to be published in a booklet? I
copied all the pages.
Thanks for sharing.
Ruth
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On Aug 10, 2015, at 8:29 PM, Jim Wald <jwald_at_hampshire.edu> wrote:
> Indeed!
>
> Available in multiple formats from Internet Archive (including Google
> Books pdf):
>
> https://archive.org/details/bukowinerdeutsc00spragoog
>
> The introduction is quite a hoot: book is published in order to assist
> Bukowiner to learn a more pure German. It's not really a German land,
> most people there speak Ukrainian (and a smattering of other languages);
> only a fifth speak German. That German is the main and official language
> is not due to the German settlers who came here early on, much less to
> the Jews, who speak a Judendeutsch that is incomprehensible to the
> average German. Rather: because no other language had enough status to
> replace German. etc. etc.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> On 08/08/2015 05:35, cornel fleming wrote:
>> Hardy..I recommend a booklet called "Bukowiner Deutsch" published in
1901...should be able to find on-line. Cornel.
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