vince
Senior Member
English
Keeping with the theme of the previous Scandinavian, Turkic, and Romance mutual intelligibility threads, I'd like to inquire about the intelligibility of the German "dialects"
e.g. Low Saxon, West Frankish, Rhine Frankish, Thuringian-High Saxon, Swabian-Alemannish, Bavaro-Austrian, etc.
e.g. If someone who was only fluent in Standard High German, how much Swiss German (Alemannish) or Viennese (Bavaro-Austrian) could they understand?
How about with the written forms?
Bonus question: How do you say "Alemannisch" in Romance languages, since their word for German is *alemano?
Thanks,
Vince
e.g. Low Saxon, West Frankish, Rhine Frankish, Thuringian-High Saxon, Swabian-Alemannish, Bavaro-Austrian, etc.
e.g. If someone who was only fluent in Standard High German, how much Swiss German (Alemannish) or Viennese (Bavaro-Austrian) could they understand?
How about with the written forms?
Bonus question: How do you say "Alemannisch" in Romance languages, since their word for German is *alemano?
Thanks,
Vince