Sathmar Swabian
Sathmar Swabian (endonym: Schwǫbisch)[1] is an Upper Swabian dialect of High German spoken in Romania in Satu Mare (German: Sathmar) and Satu Mare County, north-western Transylvania by the Sathmar Swabians (German: Sathmarer Schwaben),[2] who are among the few Danube Swabians who are in fact truly Swabian in origin. Many speakers now live in Germany but some remain in northwestern Transylvania, Romania, more specifically in Satu Mare County (German: Kreis Sathmar).
| Sathmar Swabian | |
|---|---|
| Schwǫbisch | |
| Region | Satu Mare |
| Ethnicity | Satu Mare Swabians |
| German alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| IETF | swg-u-sd-rosm |
Sample words
| Sathmar Swabian[3] | Swabian in Germany | Standard German | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| i | i, e | ich | I |
| du | du | du | you (singular) |
| mir, mr | wir | we | |
| dees | des | dies | this |
| daß | daß | dass | that (conjunction) |
| wear | wer | we | |
| wa, waa | was | what | |
| it (itt, itte) | ed, it | nicht | not |
| alles | älles, (alles) | alles | everything (all) |
| vie | viel | many |
References
- Austrian Academy of Sciences. "Sathmar Swabian". Kommission Vanishing Languages and Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- Helmut Berner, Die Mundart der Sathmarer Schwaben nebst einigen ihrer Besonderheiten Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- words from: Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)
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