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

University of Portsmouth

RUMÄNIEN (ROMANIA)

Banater Schwaben

  Banat-schwäbische Mundart
A selection of texts written in the Danube Swabian dialect spoken in Banat from Anton Bedö-Zollner's website Banater Aktualität.

  Banater Post - Mei Mottersproch  Includes sound files!
A series of texts written in the dialect spoken by the Banater Schwaben and also a number of audio files containing stories and humorous tales written in the Banat brand of Donauschwäbisch.

  Beiträge zur Banater Mundart
A collection of poetry and prose texts in Banat dialect from the website banat.de.

  kolletnèni (Mundart)
This dialect text was written by Grete Kollet in 1999.

  Kleine Geschichte der reschitzarer Mundart
A history of the dialect spoken in Reschitz written by Corina Schneider.

  Sammlung des reschitzarer Wortschatzes
A very comprehensive A-Z list of the vocabulary spoken in Reschitz compiled by Corina Schneider.

  Wenn ti Reschitzara singn ...
Texts of songs written in the Reschitz dialect from Mircea Hohoiu.

  Die Banater Heide
As well as providing information about the history of the Banat Swabian speakers, this site is also collating a growing collection of Banat Swabian stories and texts under the heading Schwowe uner sich.

  Landsmannschaft der Banater Schwaben
The internet presence of the Landsmannschaft der Banater Schwaben based in Munich contains information about the history, culture and language spoken in the Banat region of Romania.

  Banater Schwaben - Donauschwaben
Karl Lux's homepage introduces the culture of the German-speaking enclave in South-East Europe.

  Banater Schwaben - Wikipedia
An introduction to the history of the Banater Schwaben from the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia.

  Vereinigung der Banater Schwaben / Landesverband Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.
The Berlin-Brandenburg section of the Vereinigung der Banater Schwaben offers full information about the German-speakers in the Banat, as well as a comprehensive linklist.

  Banater Berglanddeutsche
The homepage of the Heimatverband Banater Berglanddeutscher aus Rumänien in Deutschland e.V., which was founded in 1981, provides information about the history and culture of the Banater Berglanddeutsche as well as access to archive copies of their newspaper.

  Banater Schwaben Forum
A lively online forum for Banat Swabian speakers with contributions both in dialect and standard German.

Sathmar Schwaben

  "Ham sell i' geih, do soll i bleibn, meina Moutta' sell i d'Erdepfel reim". Zur Verbreitung eines Volksliedes.
Information about a Sathmar Swabian song and its background.

Zipser Sachsen

  Zipser und Maramures
Everything to do with the Zipser Saxons and Maramures in northwestern Romania brought to you by Björn N. Reinhardt.

  Zipser und Maramures - Sprache
An overview of the language spoken by the Zipser Saxons, which is a fusion of the Gründler dialect and the language spoken in Upper Austria.

  Tas Waldweibl
A selection of texts written in Zipser Saxon dialect taken from a book by Anton-Joseph Ilk.

  „Ein glücklich neues Jahr – ein besseres als das alte war!“. Zipser Neujahrswünsche
A collection of New Year's greetings in the Zipser dialect explained by Dr. Claus Stephani.


Weiter!See also: Siebenbürgen

Weiter!See also: Schwäbisch


(Many thanks to James Koranyi for his generous help in supplying information on the dialects spoken in Romania.)


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