- Colonia Tovar dialect
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Alemán Coloniero Spoken in Venezuela
Native speakers unknown Language family Indo-European- Germanic
- West Germanic
- High German
- Upper German
- Alemannic
- Low Alemannic
- Alemán Coloniero
- Low Alemannic
- Alemannic
- Upper German
- High German
- West Germanic
Language codes ISO 639-3 gct Alemán Coloniero, spoken in Colonia Tovar, Venezuela, is a dialect that belongs to the Low Alemannic branch of German.
Characteristics
The language, like other Alemannic dialects, is not mutually intelligible with Standard German. It is spoken by descendants of Germans from the Black Forest region of southern Baden, who emigrated to Venezuela in 1843. Most speakers also speak Spanish, and the language has also acquired some Spanish loanwords.
Literature
- Blanco Hernández, Marlene: Introducción al analisis gramatical del Aleman de la Colonia Tovar. Universidad Central de Venezuela. Caracas 1987.
- Redlich Perkins, Renate: Tovar German. Linguistic study of a German century alemannic dialect spoken in Venezuela. University Microfilms International. Ann Arbor, Michigan, London 1978.
- Da Rin, Denise: Die deutsche Sprache in der Colonia Tovar (Venezuela) - Eine soziolinguistische Untersuchung. München 1995.
- Kanzler, Samuel Briceño: La Colonia Tovar y su gente. Tovar, o. J. (Title in German translation: Die Colonia Tovar und ihre Menschen).
External links
- Informationen über Colonia Tovar bei www.venezuelatuya.com
- Ethnologue report for Alemán Coloniero
- (German) Fotos, Audios and language on SWR.de
- (German) Informations on Colonia Tovar bei www.margaritainfo.com
- (German) Report on the village of Colonia Tovar. People speak there a special german slang "alemannisch"
- (Spanish) Website of Colonia Tovar
Varieties of German spoken outside Europe Unserdeutsch · Barossa German (Oceania) · Namibian Black German (Southwest Africa) · Nataler Deutsch (South Africa) · Hutterite German / Pennsylvania German / Texas German (North America) · Alemán Coloniero / Belgranodeutsch / Riograndenser Hunsrückisch (South America) · Plautdietsch (Non-specific) · Yiddish (Non-specific / Israel)
Modern Germanic languages and dialects North Germanic West ScandinavianEast ScandinavianWest Germanic Achterhooks • Drèents • East Frisian Low Saxon • Gronings • Low German • Plautdietsch • Sallaans • Stellingwarfs • Tweants • Veluws • WestphalianAlemán Coloniero • Alsatian • Austro-Bavarian • Main-Franconian • Cimbrian • Hutterite German • Mócheno • Swabian • Swiss German • WalserCategories:- Language articles with NA population dates
- Upper German languages
- German dialects
- Languages of Venezuela
- Endangered diaspora languages
- Endangered Germanic languages
- Diaspora languages
- Indo-European language stubs
- Germanic
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