Saley German
Saley German was a high Alemannic dialect that was spoken in the Walser dialect of Saley / Salecchio (now part of the municipality of Premia ). The last residents left Saley in the winter of 1963/64 and moved to the lower Italian-speaking villages. Saley is now only inhabited in summer. In 2008 and 2009, recordings were made again with three speakers, but the dialect of some of them was already heavily overlaid by the neighboring Walsermundart of Pomatt / Formazza .
Saleydeutsch is the only Alemannic dialect and also the only one in the entire Upper German- speaking area that used a living past tense until the second half of the 20th century .
auxiliary verbs
siin (dt. to be)
| Ind. Present tense | Ind. Past tense | Conj. Present tense | Conj. Past tense | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | bìn | water | siigì | weijì |
| you | bitch | washes | siigìscht | knows |
| ar / schi / as | ìscht | water | siigì | weijì |
| wier | sin | wassùn / wan | siigì | weijì |
| ier | siit | wassùt | siigìt | knows |
| ski | sìn | wassùn / wan | siigì | weijì |
Part. Perfect: gsiin
haa (dt. to have)
| Ind. Present tense | Ind. Past tense | Conj. Present tense | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | han | Has | would have |
| you | hescht | hates | would have |
| ar / schi / as | het | Has | would have |
| wier | no | hattùn | hadì |
| ier | Ness | hattùt | would have |
| ski | no | hattùn | hadì |
Part. Perfect: khäbä
tuä ( Eng . to do)
| Ind. Present tense | Ind. Past tense | |
|---|---|---|
| I | do | tet |
| you | tuäscht | smack |
| ar / schi / as | do | tet |
| wier | do | tetùn |
| ier | do | tetùt |
| ski | do | tetùn |
Part. Perfect: taa
literature
- Gertrud Frei: Walser German in Saley. Study of verbal content on the dialect and worldview of the ancient settlement Salecchio / Saley (Antigoriotal) (= language and poetry. Special series of Bernese works on dialectology and folklore. Volume 18). Haupt, Bern / Stuttgart 1970.
- Linguistic Atlas of German-speaking Switzerland . Volumes I – VIII. Francke, Bern and Basel 1962–1997.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monica Valenti (ed.): Tracce Walser. La parlata walser the Salecchio ieri e oggi. Vercelli 2011 (with CD), pp. 109–197.
- ^ Gertrud Frei: Walser German in Saley. Study of verbal content on the dialect and worldview of the ancient settlement Salecchio / Saley (Antigoriotal) (= language and poetry. Special series of Bernese works on dialectology and folklore. Volume 18). Haupt, Bern / Stuttgart 1970, pp. 393-405.