Sathmar Swabian is an Upper Swabian dialect of
High German spoken in
Romania in
Satu Mare
Satu Mare (; hu, Szatmárnémeti ; german: Sathmar; yi, סאטמאר or ) is a city with a population of 102,400 (2011). It is the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania, as well as the centre of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. It lies in the ...
(german: Sathmar) by the
Sathmar Swabians,
[Helmut Berner, ]
Die Mundart der Sathmarer Schwaben nebst einigen ihrer Besonderheiten
'' who are among the few
Danube Swabians who are in fact truly
Swabian in origin. Many speakers now live in
Germany but some remain in northwestern
Transylvania, Romania, more specifically in
Satu Mare County (german: Kreis Sathmar).
Sample words
References
External links
PDF on varieties of German
Swabian German language
Ethnic German groups in Romania
German dialects
Languages of Romania
City colloquials
Culture in Satu Mare
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