Outzäpsersch

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Outzäpsersch (literally Altzipserisch , Zipserdeutsch ) is a German dialect that is mainly still spoken in the last German-speaking village in Slovakia . In the village of Chmeľnica (German: Hopgarten) it is still spoken by over 600 people out of a total of around 900 inhabitants. Many children still speak Outzäpsersch with their parents and grandparents, but mostly in Slovak among themselves . In order to keep the German language alive with the children and young people, the school there a. Taught German seven hours a week.

literature

  • Valiska, Juraj: The Zipser German dialect of Chmel'nica (Hopgarten). Bratislava: Slovenské Pedagogické Naklad, 1967 (= Acta Facultatis Philosophicae Universitatis Safarikanae Presovensis, Philologica, 2).