Lechrain dialect

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The Lechrain dialect (linguistically: Vorostschwäbisch ) is a regional language spoken in the Lechrain between Thierhaupten (Swabia), Landsberg am Lech (Upper Bavaria) and Schongau (Upper Bavaria) along the Lech (especially east of the Lech). Lechroaner (spoken) differs significantly from the surrounding dialects.

features

The Lechrain dialect combines East Swabian and Central or South Bavarian dialect forms with Middle High German relics. While Swabian and Bavarian are otherwise quite clearly separated from each other, a peculiar hybrid form has developed in Lechrain, which can probably be traced back to an originally Alemannic population, which has adopted numerous Bavarian dialect features over centuries of Bavarian rule. The Lech Rainer dialect is the sound booth mainly ago as Swabian classified. His vocabulary, on the other hand, is more Bavarian. Swabian and Bavarian elements mix in the grammatical structures.

Noticeable features of Lechrainian are the hard, throaty -kch- that you otherwise hear in Allgäu and Tyrol, the retention of -ch- instead of the mute -h- (pull → ziacha, lend → leicha) and a sound shift from High German - i- zum -u- (church → Kurcha, host → Wurt); also from "o" to "u" (come → kumm). The umlaut "ei" sometimes becomes "ua" (stuagädnerisch instead of stone-horned, klua instead of small), sometimes the Bavarian "oa", never the Swabian "oi", or remains unchanged.

The Lechrainian avoids vowels that directly follow an umlaut. A high German separation by "h" becomes "ch". Without "h", a consonant is often inserted in between (snow → snow).

The expression of the Lechrain dialect runs parallel to the course of the Lech: The strongest forms can be found in the communities on the river, while to the east - often within a few kilometers - Lechrainian characteristics decrease and more and more Bavarian forms appear. Swabian wins the upper hand just as quickly to the west. The o-no border runs through the Weilheim-Schongau district: to the west of it "also" is spoken "o no", to the east of it "a no".

history

After the Romans withdrew from their then Raetia province around 476 , the Alemanni settled in the west and the Bavarians in the east . This dialect represents a linguistic transition area in between.

Overall, the Lechrain dialect has been on the decline for years. It is not only displaced by High German, but also hollowed out by Bavarian and Swabian.

literature

  • Martin Wölzmüller: The Lechrainer and his language. Landscape - customs - dialect . Landsberg 1987.
  • Joseph Lechner: The life and language of our grandparents . Aindling 1983.

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