Talk:Cimbrian language

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[edit] Dialect or language?

It is not unusual that a German dialect be unintellibible for speakers of standard German only. This argument alone does not qualify for it not a dialect of German.

Another argument often used in order to identify a certain variety of German as a German dialect is whether it is culturally embedded within the German language. In the case of the Alsatian language, for instance, this is not the case for many speakers, since they use rather the French language as written language and do not master standard German. The is (or was) true for the speakers of Walser German in Northwestern Italy (which is also totally unintelligible to speakers of standard German only).

Does anybody know how this is in the case of Cimbrian? If I have the time, I'll try to figure it out. -- j. 'mach' wust ˈtʰɔ̝ːk͡x 09:16, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] german speaking people in italy

i'm curious as to how long their have been germanic speaking people in italy. i plan to do some research on this, but right now i'm busy just simply trying to document german dialects and their relationships to each other.

Gringo300 10:24, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

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