Gottscheer
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- Language: Gottscheer
- Alternate names: -
- SIL-code: -
- Language family: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Upper German, Bavarian-Austrian
- Number of speakers: 400
- Script: -
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Introduction
Gottschee German was spoken in modern day Slovenia.
The German speaking population first colonized the area around 1330 and the area remained a German language island within the Slovene Lands until World War II.
The Gottscheer Verb
- No indicative preterite
- Conjunctive is formed in the same way both for strong and weak verbs
Sample verbs
- raisn
- raitn
References
- Gottschee Grammar(approve sites)
- JSTOR: Gottscheer Volkslieder. Ein Vorbericht zu ihrer Gesamtausgabe(approve sites)
