Can you give some examples of Penn Dutch, and how it's unique/different from Hochdeutsch?
Thanks,
James
-----Original Message----- From: wikipedia-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org [mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Jtkiefer Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 10:40 PM To: wikipedia-l@Wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Pennsylvania German Wikipedia?
Josh Campfield wrote:
I wrote last year sometime about the possibility of adding a wikipedia in Pennsylvania German/Pennsylvania Dutch. You said discuss it on the Village Pump. I just put a message out on there asking what do other people think. Pending what they say, what do you think about doing this? It's a rapidly dying language, and besides perhaps helping to revive it, the Wikipedia would have the distinction of being the first encyclopedia ever published in Pennsylvania German. The ISO 3-letter code is pdc.
Thanks!
Josh Campfield joshcampfield@gmail.com
It's an interesting idea but I don't think you'd be able to find enough people willing to add to it, edit it, and maintain it.
-Jtkiefer
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2005/8/14, James R. Johnson modean52@comcast.net:
Can you give some examples of Penn Dutch, and how it's unique/different from Hochdeutsch?
have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_German_language
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Am 14.08.2005 um 17:08 schrieb James R. Johnson:
Can you give some examples of Penn Dutch, and how it's unique/ different from Hochdeutsch?
How about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_German_language ?
For me as Bavarian it sounds like Franconian dialect, hard to read anyways with many English words.
Did you know that one? Maybe if we ask them they'd like to join the Wikimedia group. http://amisch.de/penn/index.php?title=Hauptseite
ciao, tom -- http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:TomK32 http://www.tomk32.de
http://amisch.de/penn/index.php?title=Haaptblatt
From their page on Pennsilfaanisch:
"Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch, ass aa Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch odder Pennsilfaanisch genennt watt, iss en Schprooch, wu g'schwetzt watt bei verleicht 300,000 Leit in meh wie 20 Schteets in die USA un in Ontario (Kanadaa). Die meenschte Schwetzer sinn heit Amische un Fuhremennischte, wu deitsch aa heit noch schwetze zu ihre Kinner, awwer's gebt aa en latt Luthrische un Reformierte, wu die Mudderschprooch noch g'schwetzt henn, wie sie en Kind waare."
Mark
On 14/08/05, James R. Johnson modean52@comcast.net wrote:
Can you give some examples of Penn Dutch, and how it's unique/different from Hochdeutsch?
Thanks,
James
-----Original Message----- From: wikipedia-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org [mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Jtkiefer Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 10:40 PM To: wikipedia-l@Wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Pennsylvania German Wikipedia?
Josh Campfield wrote:
I wrote last year sometime about the possibility of adding a wikipedia in Pennsylvania German/Pennsylvania Dutch. You said discuss it on the Village Pump. I just put a message out on there asking what do other people think. Pending what they say, what do you think about doing this? It's a rapidly dying language, and besides perhaps helping to revive it, the Wikipedia would have the distinction of being the first encyclopedia ever published in Pennsylvania German. The ISO 3-letter code is pdc.
Thanks!
Josh Campfield joshcampfield@gmail.com
It's an interesting idea but I don't think you'd be able to find enough people willing to add to it, edit it, and maintain it.
-Jtkiefer
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