I thought this was an interesting video. There has been a German dialect in a part of Texas for 150 years and it's at risk of dying out. All the speakers alive now were born and raised in Texas, so even though their German is very good, they all have heavy Southern American accents in their German pronunciations. The umlauted vowel sounds, which are a huge part of the German language, are essentially non-existent in this dialect and they now replace them with English sounds. The video says this dialect started to diminish after World War I and then even more so proceeding World War II.
They were able too reserved German to some extend and the culture that is amazing, even though their dialect fall in the category of dying language that's very sad to heard.
Texan German, very interesting. Was interesting to hear how World War 1 and 2 effected the school systems, and made it banned against teaching German. I wonder when that went into state and when it when out of state and schools began teaching again. Also I wonder, how a Spanish German would sound German with heavy rolling of the "R" then rolling in the deep throat.
They were able too reserved German to some extend and the culture that is amazing, even though their dialect fall in the category of dying language that's very sad to heard.
ReplyDeleteTexan German, very interesting. Was interesting to hear how World War 1 and 2 effected the school systems, and made it banned against teaching German. I wonder when that went into state and when it when out of state and schools began teaching again. Also I wonder, how a Spanish German would sound German with heavy rolling of the "R" then rolling in the deep throat.
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