Gottscheerish

Gottscheerish
Gottscheerisch, Kočevarščina
Native toSlovenia
RegionGottschee
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologgott1234
Gottscheerisch is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.
Inscription in Gottscheerish on a plaque at the wall of the Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre near the Church of Corpus Christi in Trata, Kočevje
The traditional Gottscherish placenames are not always the same as the German names
The Gottscherish placenames show that the stage of the sound system of Gottscheerish is different from Standard German
Name of the City of Kočevje in Slovene, German and Gottscheerish
Melody and first strophe of the Gottscheer folk song Də mêrarin ("The Woman by the Sea")[1]

Gottscheerish[2][3] (Göttscheabarisch,[4] German: Gottscheerisch, Slovene: kočevarščina) is an Upper German dialect which was the main language of communication among the Gottscheers in the enclave of Gottschee, Slovenia, before 1941. It is occasionally referred to as Granish or Granisch in the United States (< German Krainisch 'Carniolan'), a term also used for Slovene.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ Adolf Hauffen: Die deutsche Sprachinsel Gottschee. Graz 1895, p. 245. After Karl Bartsch, Karl Julius Schröer: Das Fortleben der Kudrunsage. In: Germania 14, pp. 323–336: p. 333.
  2. ^ Andrew Willis: Brussels faces shortage of English-language interpreters. Euobserver.com, 19-02-2009
  3. ^ Newflashenglish.com: UN says 2,500 languages face extinction Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, p. 2.
  4. ^ Maridi Tscherne: Wörterbuch Gottscheerisch-Slowenisch. Einrichtung für die Erhaltung des Kulturerbes Nesseltal, Koprivnik/Nesseltal 2010.
  5. ^ Moseley, Christopher. 2007. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. New York: Routledge.
  6. ^ Zarja / The Dawn. 1996. 68(5–6) (May–June), p. 27.
  7. ^ Planinšič, J. 1976. "Bodimo ponosni, da smo Slovenci." Slovenska država 27(2): 3.