who has ever heard Schwyzerdüütsch = Schweizerdeutsch = Swiss German?

[Zebra]

I think this very special language deserves a special thread ..

 

[Zebra]

and who can say that he/she understands it?

 

[JGalt]

This thread is packed so full of information, I think my brain is overloading.

 

[Zebra]

This thread is packed so full of information, I think my brain is overloading.

just you wait … info is on the way ….

 

[Zebra]

it is the kind of alemanic German that is spoken in Switzerland

 

[Zebra]

Ich meine diese Frage echt und im Ernst …. seriously now.

 

[Woodznutz]

My wife was Swiss/German but spoke English.

 

[Zebra]

My wife was Swiss/German but spoke English.

and also Swiss German, i think?

 

[Zebra]

My wife was Swiss/German but spoke English.

does she know Chuchichäschtli?

 

[Woodznutz]

and also Swiss German, i think?

She was an American girl.

 

[Zebra]

She was an American girl.

you said she was swiss german?

 

[Woodznutz]

you said she was swiss german?

I'm German/Dutch/Norwegian, but I'm an American.

 

[Zebra]

i am still interested ….

 

[westwall]

I think this very special language deserves a special thread ..

Not special, just a dialect. My daughter will be quite proficient in a couple of years. She has been accepted to ETH Zurich, so it will be quite immersive.

 

[Zebra]

Not special, just a dialect. My daughter will be quite proficient in a couple of years. She has been accepted to ETH Zurich, so it will be quite immersive.

sooon it my turn into a language of its own …. like Dutch once upon a time …

 

[Zebra]

The Swiss are surrounded by Euro states, but keep their Schweizerfranken.