Lotegoric

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Title page of Christian Heinrich Gilardone's Lotegor book Parodiee, Gedichtches unn Prousaische Uffätz '. Vun kaan Jüd - vun e Goj ' , 2nd volume, Speyer, 1835

Lotegorisch (also Lottegorisch , older name lochne kodesch , from Hebrew laschon “tongue, language”, and kodesch “sanctuary”) is a trader's language and Palatine variant of Rotwelschen , based on West Yiddish in Leiningerland (especially Carlsberg ), where in the late 18th In the 19th century a large number of non- residents , including many Jews , were settled and from there, in many cases, they worked as traveling traders and peddlers .

literature

  • Anton Meißner: The Palatinate trading language Lotegoric. Dictionary with reading samples . Meißner Verlag, Wattenheim, 1999 (printed as a manuscript)

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