Banat Swabian dialect
E284559
The Banat Swabian dialect is a regional variety of German historically spoken by ethnic German communities in the Banat region of Central and Eastern Europe.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Banat Swabian dialect canonical | 1 |
| Banater Schwäbisch | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German dialect
ⓘ
West Germanic language variety ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Habsburg colonization policies in Banat ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup | Banat Swabians ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Swabian dialects of Württemberg
ⓘ
other Danube Swabian dialects ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Swabian German spoken by settlers from southwestern Germany ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Standard German
ⓘ
other Swabian dialects in Germany ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Banat Schwäbisch
ⓘ
Banat Swabian dialect ⓘ
surface form:
Banater Schwäbisch
|
| hasAncestor |
Early New High German
ⓘ
Swabian dialect of German ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
influence from Romanian
ⓘ
influence from surrounding South Slavic languages ⓘ lexical borrowings from Hungarian ⓘ phonological features similar to Swabian German ⓘ regional lexical particularities distinct from Standard German ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticSituation | often replaced by majority languages among younger generations ⓘ |
| historicallySpokenBy |
Banat Swabians
ⓘ
ethnic Germans in Banat ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 18th century colonization of Banat ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Croatian
ⓘ
surface form:
Croatian language
Hungarian language ⓘ Romanian language ⓘ Serbian language ⓘ |
| languageBranch | West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Germanic languages
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| originatedFrom | migration of German settlers to Banat ⓘ |
| partOf |
German
ⓘ
surface form:
German language
|
| region |
Central Europe
ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Banat
ⓘ
surface form:
Banat region
Hungary ⓘ Romania ⓘ Serbia ⓘ |
| status |
declining number of native speakers
ⓘ
endangered ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
High German dialect
ⓘ
Alemannic German ⓘ
surface form:
Swabian German
|
| usedBy | German-speaking minority in Banat ⓘ |
| usedIn | oral communication in Banat Swabian communities ⓘ |
| usedInDiaspora |
Banat Swabian communities in Austria
ⓘ
Banat Swabian communities in Germany ⓘ Banat Swabian communities in North America ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Banater Schwäbisch