Sunday, April 19, 2015

Did the Schochenmaiers speak Franconian or Swabian German?

After we mapped the spouses' ancestors of the first Schochenmaiers married in Russia, we concluded here that our forefathers could either speak Franconian dialect (Franconian of Mosel river near France) or Swabian (in our case it's area between Stuttgart and Heilbronn).

Here is the map of some dialects:

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High German dialects.
Austro-Bavarian dialects are in blue colours:
North Bavarian (7), Central or Danube Bavarian (8), and South Bavarian (9).
Swabian-Alemannic dialects are in red colours.
Two Franconian dialects are in green colours.
(Courtesy Wikipedia.)


How can we check it out? How could we find out it precisely? I think I need your help.

Below you'll find two videos with examples of those two dialects. If you do remember how your parents or grandparents spoke German between them, please, be so kind to comment what dialect it could be. I do understand that it's very subjective, but, however, it could help. By the way, if you are not a Schochenmaier, but your ancestors are from the Berezan Colony (Russian Empire, 19th century), then your help is appreciated.


Example of Swabian (in German Schwäbisch):



Example of Franconian (in German Fränkisch):




Thank you in advance for your help. 

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