Difference between revisions of "Standard Straschkauer German"

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Standard Straschkauer German is a variety of Austrian German spoken in the Grand Duchy of [[Straschkau]].  
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Standard Straschkauer German is a language variety based on Austro-Bavarian dialects of German.
There are some differences between Standard Straschkauer German and other varieties of German. The most important ones are in vocabulary - it's strongly influenced by Czech, Hungarian, Italian, Yiddish, French and many other languages.
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Writing system is almost the same as in German, but there are some differences (usage of letters é, å  etc.).
The most important difference in writing system is usage of letter å, which represents sound between a/o, which is present also in many Austrian dialects, but isn't used in official Austrian German.
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Vocabulary of SStG is full of words, that are seen as dialectal (most of them Viennese) and words, that have come from other languages ([[English]], [[French]], [[Czech]], [[Hungarian]], [[Yiddish]], [[Italian]] etc.).
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It's a mother tongue of 65% of [[Straschkau]]'s population.
  
 
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Revision as of 08:23, 19 February 2007

Standard Straschkauer German is a language variety based on Austro-Bavarian dialects of German. Writing system is almost the same as in German, but there are some differences (usage of letters é, å etc.). Vocabulary of SStG is full of words, that are seen as dialectal (most of them Viennese) and words, that have come from other languages (English, French, Czech, Hungarian, Yiddish, Italian etc.). It's a mother tongue of 65% of Straschkau's population.