Deutsche Dialekte - Linkverzeichnis
(German Dialects Link Catalogue - Paul Joyce)

University of Portsmouth

RHEINLAND (RHEINISCH)

  Sprache(n) in Rheinland
The Amt für Rheinische Landeskunde of the Landschaftsverband Rheinland provides a very thorough overview of the many and varied dialects spoken in the Rheinland region and the boundaries that divide them.

  Rheinisch - Sprachkarten
A series of maps pertaining to the different dialects spoken in Rheinland provided by the Landschaftsverband Rheinland.

  Hörbar rheinisch!  Includes sound files!
A collection of MP3 sound files taken from the dialect areas of Rheinland.

  Mundart.Net(z) - 'ne rheinische Hompäätsch
A website devoted to the languages spoken in the Rheinland area, with particular emphasis on the Düsseldorf area.

  Rheinische Sprachen
An introduction to the various dialects spoken in Nordrhein-Westfalen - with diagrams.

  Georg Wenker - Das Rheinische Platt
What the Düsseldorf native Georg Wenker had to say about Rheinisch in 1877.

  Das Düsseldorfer Rheinisch
A 41-page analysis by Heinrich Spohr of the dialect spoken in Düsseldorf which, though originally Niederfränkisch, also shows the influence of Ripuarisch.

  Von Mömmes und Jewedder. Regiolekt verdrängt die Mundart
Is the rise of regiolect of colloquial speech used in Rheinland supplanting the usage of traditional dialects used in the region?

Wortschatz (Vocabulary)

  Rheinisches Wörterbuch
The online version of the nine-volume Rheinisches Wörterbuch allows you to look up any number of dialect terms and expressions used in the former Rheinprovinz.

  Rheinisches Wörterbuch - Nachtragsband
An additional interactive volume of the online version of the nine-volume Rheinisches Wörterbuch.

  Rheinisches MitmachWörterbuch - LVR
A dictionary of the colloquial language spoken in Rheinland compiled by speakers themselves in association with the Landschaftsverband Rheinland.

  Rheinisch - Deutsch
A bilingual Rheinisch-German dictionary hosted by the site Mundart.net.


Weiter!See also: Mittelfränkisch

Weiter!See also: Kölsch

Weiter!See also: Nordrhein-Westfalen

Weiter!See also: Niederfränkisch


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