Allgäu
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 Germany ( Allgäu ) and Austria (enclaves)
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Allgäu is a colloquial collective term for the various regional dialects in the Allgäu . To simplify matters , one speaks of the Allgäu dialect , as the individual regional dialects are nevertheless similar despite certain differences. Allgäu is part of Alemannic and, depending on the region, is closely related to Vorarlberg and Upper Swabian .
Regional dialects
The biggest differences between the individual Allgäu dialects come from the fact that the Allgäu has a distinctive dialect border, the “Wiib-Weib line”. In the part of the Oberallgäu south of Immenstadt , as well as in the Westallgäu up to Wangen and Isny , Niederalemannic is spoken. The northern part of the Oberallgäu district , the entire Unterallgäu district and the Ostallgäu district are linguistically assigned to Swabian and therefore do not belong to the Allgäu dialects (see also the linguistic atlas of Bavarian Swabia ).
In colloquial language , Allgäu is roughly divided into three sub-dialects, which are named after the respective region, whereby the linguistic distribution, among other things through the Lower Alemannic-Swabian dialect border, does not coincide with the borders of those regions or even the districts. Therefore, from a linguistic point of view, there are seven detailed classifications:
| Colloquial classification | Linguistic classification |
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| Upper Allgäu | • Lower Alemannic Upper Allgäu • Central part around Immenstadt - Kempten |
| Eastern Allgäu | • Ostallgäu • Füssen and the upper Lechrain |
| Western Allgäu | • West Allgäu • Lindau and Lake Constance area • Alemannic-Swabian transition area |
Example sentence
- Standard German
- Yesterday was still winter, today is already spring.
- Western Allgäu
- Geaschtig isch no Wintr gsi, it's called isch Scho Frieling. or
- Spray isch no Wintr gsi, hitt isch Scho Frialing.
- Upper Allgäu
- Night is no winter gwea, huit isch schu Frieling / Länzeg.
- Eastern Allgäu
- Night is no winter gwee, it's called Frieling.
- Vorarlbergian
- Gescht'd isch no Wintr gsi, hüt isch scho early.
Some exemplary expressions
| Standard German | Upper Allgäu | Eastern Allgäu | Western Allgäu |
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| Almabtrieb | Cattle shed | Alpabtrieb | Fehrschoid |
| narrow-chested man | Krischbl | Krischbl | Drohtiga / Krischbl |
| girl | Feel | Feel | Schputl / Feel |
| Boy | Büe | Bue | Bue |
| dress | Haes | Haes | Haes |
| head | Grind | Grend | Grind |
| Young cattle | single cattle (unmarried cattle) | Schump | Schump |
| basket | Kchratste | Kchratste | Kchratste |
| Comb | Schträäl | Schträäl | Schrääla |
| Hand broom | Kchergar | Kchergar | Förb |
| Safety pin | Gluufe | Gluufe | Gluufe |
| gap | Lump | Lump | Lump |
| stubborn, stubborn | gschterrindig | gschterrgrendeg | oigagrindig |
| always | allat | allat | allat / allbot |
See also
literature
- Manfred Renn : The Allgäu dialect book . Lechtrommel Verlag, Augsburg 1999, ISBN 3-00-004174-5 .
- Johannes Rinderle: The dialect in the south of the Ostallgäu . Self-published, Johannes Rinderle - Senkeleweg 20 - 87637 Seeg; 2012; ISBN 978-3-00-037240-7
Web links
- Allgäu dictionary - compiled dictionary
- Allgäu-High German - small dictionary
- Dictionary of Oberstdorf Dialect ( Memento from June 19, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- Language atlases of Bavarian Swabia
- Dialects in Bavaria ( Memento from June 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) - Handout for teaching (with 2 DVDs)
- Podcast: The Allgäu dialect . Interview with Manfred Renn