The Second Regional Language After Occitan

Nalakakt   Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:56 pm GMT
Any speakers of Alsatian out there? I sometimes hear that Alsatian is SO different from village to village that they can't understand each other. This sounds like the kind of thing some people say about German in certain areas of Bavaria.

Please don't bark. I'm not talking about the dog.
antifrogs   Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:53 pm GMT
I was told that in Alsatian universities they teach Standard German but not Alsatian. Why French are prone to let Alsatians learn German but not the local language?
Guest   Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:24 pm GMT
I hope that this is not your attention, but "nala kackt" in German means "nala shits" in English.
antifrogs   Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:30 pm GMT
Who/What is nala? This is surrealistic
American Francophile   Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:54 pm GMT
"antifrogs," you're an idiot.
antifrogs   Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:00 pm GMT
You are a kakart.
STUPIDITY MONITOR   Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:21 pm GMT
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antifrogs   Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:32 pm GMT
Ego uolo tutus frogs morrire sunt.
STUPIDITY MONITOR   Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:36 pm GMT
ABOVE MESSAGE DOES NOT COMPUTE
antifrogs   Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:38 pm GMT
Ego uolo totus frogi mortus sunt.
Nalakakt   Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:08 pm GMT
Let's try again. The topic is the Alsatian language, not something different.

People in Alsace learn standard German in school, I was told. The spoken language is like Swiss German or it sounds that way to my ears.

The language is considered a separate Germanic language.

Even though I can understand DW broadcasts to a fair degree or even broadcast/media Swiss German, I struggle to understand Alsatian.

France does provide some programming in regional languages. I'm not sure I can legally link it here, but the name of the Alsatian program available on the internet is "Rund Um".

You can watch a lot of French TV on the internet for free, btw.