Palatine German
E135532
Palatine German is a West Central German dialect spoken primarily in the Palatinate region of southwestern Germany and parts of the United States, notably among Pennsylvania Dutch communities.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Palatine German canonical | 8 |
| Hunsrückisch | 1 |
| Hutterite German | 1 |
| Palatinate German | 1 |
| Pälzisch | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German dialect
ⓘ
High German variety ⓘ West Central German dialect ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Pennsylvania German
ⓘ
Rhenish Franconian ⓘ Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
surface form:
Rhine Franconian dialects
|
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Middle High German ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | regionally declining due to dominance of Standard German ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Palatine German
ⓘ
surface form:
Palatinate German
Pfälzisch ⓘ Palatine German ⓘ
surface form:
Pälzisch
|
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Palatine identity
ⓘ
Pennsylvania German ⓘ
surface form:
Pennsylvania Dutch culture
|
| hasDialect | Pennsylvania German ⓘ |
| hasISOCode | none ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeature | numerous regional lexical items not present in Standard German ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
distinct dative and accusative often merged in colloquial speech
ⓘ
reduced case system compared to Standard German ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
High German consonant shift
ⓘ
lenition of consonants in intervocalic position ⓘ monophthongization of Standard German diphthongs in some varieties ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
frequent use of verb-second word order
ⓘ
use of double perfect constructions in some areas ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | Middle High German dialects of the Palatinate ⓘ |
| influenced | Pennsylvania German ⓘ |
| languageBranch | West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Germanic languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
High German
ⓘ
Central German languages ⓘ
surface form:
West Central German
|
| recognizedAs | regional language variety in parts of Germany ⓘ |
| region |
Pfalz
ⓘ
surface form:
Palatinate
|
| spokenBy |
Palatinate population
ⓘ
Pennsylvania Dutch Country ⓘ
surface form:
Pennsylvania Dutch communities
|
| spokenIn |
Germany
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ Kurpfalz ⓘ
surface form:
Palatinate region
Pennsylvania ⓘ Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
southwestern Germany ⓘ |
| standardBasedOn | Standard German orthography ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Rhenish Franconian dialect ⓘ |
| usedIn |
folk music of the Palatinate
ⓘ
local literature and poetry in the Palatinate ⓘ regional theater in the Palatinate ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hunsrückisch
this entity surface form:
Hutterite German
subject surface form:
Southwestern Germany
this entity surface form:
Palatinate German
this entity surface form:
Pälzisch