Swabians

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Rutenfest in Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, celebrating the folklore story of "The Seven Swabians" by the Brothers Grimm.

Swabians (Schwaben) are an ethnic German people who are native to or have ancestral roots in the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia, which is now mostly divided between the modern states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, in southwest Germany.[1] There are Swabians in Hungary.[2] There are Swabians of Hungarian origin that live near the city of Satu Mare in Romania, who are known as Satu Mare Swabians.[3]

The ethno-linguistic group of Swabians speak Swabian German, 40 percent of which is intelligible to speakers of Standard German.[4] As an ethno-linguistic group, Swabians are closely related to Bavarians, Alsatians, and the Swiss.[5]

References

  1. ↑ James Minahan. One Europe, Many Nations: A Historical Dictionary of European National Groups. Greenwood Publishing Group, Ltd., 2000. P. 650.
  2. ↑ Christian Promitzer, Klaus-Jürgen Hermanik, Eduard Staudinger. Hidden Minorities: Language and Ethnic Identity Between Central Europe. LIT Verlag Münster, 2009. P. 196.
  3. ↑ Agnieszka Barszczewska – Lehel Peti. Integrating minorities: traditional communities and modernization. Editura ISPMN, 2011. P. 148.
  4. ↑ James Minahan. One Europe, Many Nations: A Historical Dictionary of European National Groups. Greenwood Publishing Group, Ltd., 2000. P. 650.
  5. ↑ James Minahan. One Europe, Many Nations: A Historical Dictionary of European National Groups. Greenwood Publishing Group, Ltd., 2000. P. 650.

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