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Alsatian
Alsace is actually a piece of France with a German sauce on top. Thus, Alsatian or Elsasserditsch (French: Alsacien, German: Elsässisch), which is related to the Swiss Schwyzerdütsch, the dialect the inhabitants of this region are so proud of, is a language with both German and French influences. About half of the population still speaks this dialect, but many more can understand it.
Alsatian is originally an Allemannic dialect that developed from High German. During the Second World War, the official language became German again.
Many villages and towns in Alsace have German-sounding names.
Some words:
Play = spiele
To love = lieb hän
To sing = singe
Write = schriwe
Photographer = Fotogräf
Cheese Alsace is actually a piece of France with a German sauce on top. Thus, Alsatian or Elsasserditsch (French: Alsacien, German: Elsässisch), which is related to the Swiss Schwyzerdütsch, the dialect the inhabitants of this region are so proud of, is a language with both German and French influences. About half of the population still speaks this dialect, but many more can understand it.
Alsatian is originally an Allemannic dialect that developed from High German. During the Second World War, the official language became German again.
Many villages and towns in Alsace have German-sounding names.
Some words:
Play = spiele
To love = lieb hän
To sing = singe
Write = schriwe
Photographer = Fotogräf
Cheese Alsace is actually a piece of France with a German sauce on top. Thus, Alsatian or Elsasserditsch (French: Alsacien, German: Elsässisch), which is related to the Swiss Schwyzerdütsch, the dialect the inhabitants of this region are so proud of, is a language with both German and French influences. About half of the population still speaks this dialect, but many more can understand it.
Alsatian is originally an Allemannic dialect that developed from High German. During the Second World War, the official language became German again.
Many villages and towns in Alsace have German-sounding names.
Some words:
Play = Spiele
To love = Lieb hän
To sing = Singe
Write = Schriwe
Photographer = Fotogräf
Cheese = Käs
Small = klaan
Slow = längsäm
Empty= lër
Open = Uf
Spoon= Leffel
Fork = Gäwel
Saying: Us'm e Bürehüs derf nix nüs. Zegor d'r Rauch mûess zeerscht durich d'r Spack = Nothing escapes from the farm. Even the smoke goes through the bacon first.
French
The official language is French, in addition, minorities speak Breton (Brittany), Occitan (the south), Basque (in the western Pyrenees), German (Alsace-Lorraine), Dutch (French Flanders), Catalan (Roussillon), Italian (around Nice), Corsican (in Corsica).
The French language is a Roman language spoken by approximately 100 million people as their mother tongue, of which approximately 60 million in France. French is further spoken in Belgium down the line Visé-Mouscron and Brussels, in Switzerland (Suisse romande), Italy (Aosta Valley), Haiti and Canada (Quebec), and in many former French colonies. Where Frenche is the language of administration and administration French is a continuation of the Vulgar Latin, which was introduced and developed in Gallia Transalpina by the Roman conquerors (58–50 BC).
Dialects of the French language worldwidePhoto: Jonatan argento CC 3.0 Unported no changes made
The history of French begins when the Carolingian Renaissance, which revived the study of Classical Latin, made people aware of a gap between Latin, language of administration, jurisdiction and religion, and everyday language. This is evidenced, among other things, by a decision of the Council of Tours (813), which henceforth had to be preached in the vernacular ("lingua romana rustica"). Broadly speaking, three periods can be distinguished in the history of French: Old French (early 9th - early 14th century), Middle French (early 14th - early 17th century) and modern French (early 17th century - present).
4 volume French dictionary (1889)Photo: LPLT / Wikimedia Commons CC 3.0 Unported no changes made
The French language originally consisted of Latin words introduced by the Romans, supplemented by words of Celtic and Frankish origin. From the 12th century onwards, these "folk words" are borrowed from Latin, the "learned" words. In the 16th century, many words were also borrowed from Italian. Many words have also been borrowed from Dutch and, since the 18th century, also from English.
Especially in recent decades, much has been borrowed from English in the field of technology, sports, fashion, and the like, which has resulted in the derisive term Franglais. French purists oppose this "invasion" of foreign words.
Sources
Dominicus, J. / Vogezen, Elzas
Gottmer
Elzas, Vogezen, Champagne
Michelin
Graaf, G. de / Vogezen en Elzas
ANWB
Schuppen, S. van / Vogezen, Elzas en Lotharingen
ANWB
Tschirner, S. / Elzas, Vogezen
ANWB
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