Everybody used to speak Swabian - Sathmar Swabian collection

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3 жыл бұрын

Narrative in Sathmar Swabian
VLACH ID-number: swab1242ROV0001a
Description:
Johann Bertusch reports about the linguistic situation in his native village Petrești. During his childhood everybody used to speak there just the Sathmar Swabian language variety. He also recalls memories about the Swabians who assumed a Hungarian identity and the conflicts that emerged from the confrontation of the pro-Hungarian and pro-German factions in the Swabian villages.
Cite as: Mir hɔnd alle Schwɔbisch schwetzt - Everybody used to speak Swabian; performers: Johann Bertusch camera/ interview: Răzvan Roșu, transcription/ translation: Răzvan Roșu, editor: Valentina Roșu, retrieved from www.oeaw.ac.at/VLACH, ID number: swab1242ROV0001a.
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Пікірлер: 34

@d.sazzles4217 8 ай бұрын

I am swabian from south west Germany...i have understood every word. It is fascinating to see a hungarian grandpa speaking a variation of my dialect

@JTSuter 3 ай бұрын

I'm from central PA and I'm about 92% German from Baden-Wuerttenberg. Been here since the 1800's. This man looks like he could be my grandfather's brother or cousin.

@iboeshak9128 3 жыл бұрын

You should do some videos on the Polish language spoken in Bukovina in Nowy Sołoniec and Pojana Mikuli.

@tofan2622 2 ай бұрын

My great great grandfather was born in Satulmare. We never changed our names, thats something to get disowned about. Time to bring back the the old great language!

@1südtiroltechnik Жыл бұрын

Very cool. I can understand every word expect the Words which are only used in Swabia. Pronunciation is not a Porblem for me at all. Im a Tyrolean and love to study my Language so its easy for me to understand People who speak the closet Language to Bairisch which is Allemonn!

@KisDre Жыл бұрын

Interesting story. Even more cause my family name is also german and have lots of germanic(probably swabian) ancestry. I can't speak german/swabian tho. But I would never change our family name, thats for sure.

@1südtiroltechnik Жыл бұрын

Dont be sad, theres not even many Swabian speakers left in Swabia... :/ Most speak a watered down Swabian, which can now be called Swabian german...

@floatahhh 11 ай бұрын

When did ur ancestors come to America

@dragasan Жыл бұрын

Mein Vater auch Ungarn Schwabisch sprechen hat. (Sorry, my German is not good.)

@mariuszpartyka7522 2 жыл бұрын

So where exactly is his village - in Romania where the Swabians lived, in Serbia where you can find a district called Banat or in fact in Hungary - there is a region called Szatmar near Satu Mare in Romania, and hungarian sequence of letters 'sz' is read as 's'' so would it be that region of Hungary? I am really confused as to what place he comes from.

@cristigabor4741 2 жыл бұрын

In the video description - "native village Petrești". I suppose it is Petrești commune in Satu Mare county, Romania. 47.6042N 22.3639E

@dragasan Жыл бұрын

My Grandmother was partially Hungarian from Batchka (Serbia). She spoke a Donau Schwabisch dialect of German, but I am also a Slavic mix. This is very interesting to me. Thank you for creating this video.

@auroraalodius1007 Жыл бұрын

@@dragasan I am half Croatian and half German(danube schwaben)from my mother side.She is also from Serbia.She was born in Vršac.

@alan_4766 3 жыл бұрын

Was ein Chef xD

@lebigmac1426 5 ай бұрын

Wow it sounds a lot like swiss german in its pronunciation

@enlightenedterrestrial 2 жыл бұрын

So why does he have a Hungarian accent?

@sansgriffin6943 2 жыл бұрын

Banat has a lot of Hungarians in it, perhaps he is Hungarian

@barisle 2 жыл бұрын

Herr sich schon a Weng Schwäbisch å, abbr Ned ganz. Mei Ahne hat au so gsprocha

@Walderdbeere14 2 жыл бұрын

A Muggaseggele, I kohs verstehå

@yosgarat3623 2 жыл бұрын

Also i muss scho sage des kennt au n dialekt vo dr Alb sei. I man viele verstandet dt Hochalb schwoba au nemme obwohl se aus Wirttemberg kommet

@Walderdbeere14 2 жыл бұрын

@@yosgarat3623 S' was denne dohanna auf dr Ostalb schwätze isch nemme normal

@1südtiroltechnik Жыл бұрын

@@yosgarat3623Na Woos in Deitschlond lous isch mit Schwobisch isch schun traurig! Wieviel reden denn noch Schwäbisch? Lerns die Jungen noch daheim? Ich denke in Süden von BW reden es mehr als weiter oben? Seht ihr euch als Deutsche oder erst als Schwaben? Wieviel versteht ihr vom Bairischen?

@yosgarat3623 Жыл бұрын

@@1südtiroltechnik Kommt drauf an von wo man kommt aber in den eher ländlichen Regionen ist es immer noch stärker verbreitet. Meistens in Städten und da wo viele Neigschmeckte wohnet geht es immer mehr verloren. Ich kenne leider auch nur noch wenige Begriffe aus meinem Dialekt. Was sehr schade ist das die Ortsdialekte immer mehr verschwinden. Zu dem Thema der Identität würde ich sagen Schwaben und Baden wissen genau wo die Grenze verläuft. Bei Bayern kommt es darauf an Franken verstehe ich relativ gut. Menschen aus bspw. Oberschwaben verstehe ich auch gut. Aber so richtig breites Bayrisch aus Richtung Österreich da muss ich mich etwas konzentrieren geht in der Regel aber auch noch.

@TheOwlHead 2 жыл бұрын

He does not sound Swabian but he looks it. He sounds like he’s speaking Danish or something

@84ch322 Жыл бұрын

He sounds very swabian! Voll schwäbisch!

@TheOwlHead Жыл бұрын

@@84ch322 I come from 6000 years of Swabian people. No he doesn’t. And he admitted in the talk that his speech has picked up from where he lived which is not in Germany only. Like my oma is Schwabe Speaks Swabian but with a Romanian accent Because that’s where she’s from.

@84ch322 Жыл бұрын

@@TheOwlHead In Szatmar near Satu Mare in Romania they speak the old swabian dialect as it sounded in old Germany-Swabia 200 years ago. I was in Sathmar and heard native schwabian speakers with my own ears.

@TheOwlHead Жыл бұрын

@@84ch322 I hear it and speak it every day dude. No My grandmothers accent sounds almost Russian.

@TheOwlHead Жыл бұрын

@@84ch322 And my grandfather and my father and my mother sound Schwabe purely because We are from Baden-Württemberg. It isn’t complicated.