I forgot to ask this really dumb question ,but how do I know if my families are really donauschwaben and what dialect thy would have spoke. There have been so many dialects refered to and I would like to know if there is a way to tell. Sorry I have so many questions, but I am a very curious person and love quests. Thanks again, Barb D.

I am also very interesting in knowing what 'swabish' dialect was spoken in Weisenhaid and Blumenthal. My grandfather always said "We speak Swabish German so many who speak high german do not understand us", and it was true! I had friends who's parents were German and spoke high German and when they got together with my grandparents they had to speak English! :-) Good luck. Hope you can find an answer to your question. John John F. Schambre San Francisco, CA On Apr 27, 2014, at 1:46 PM, Barb D <bbd2424@gmail.com> wrote: > I forgot to ask this really dumb question ,but how do I know if my families are really donauschwaben and what dialect thy would have spoke. > There have been so many dialects refered to and I would like to know if there is a way to tell. > Sorry I have so many questions, but I am a very curious person and love quests. > Thanks again, > Barb D. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Barb, to answer your question about dialects spoken in the 'Southeastdonauschwaben' settlements, there is no answer ,people, no matter what their "Muttersprache" was - doesn't count, because from village to village it differs, and the settlers wherever they came from dragged their own dialects with them - but there was always one thing I noticed - they understood each other. Gary from the province ' Syrmia' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barb D" <bbd2424@gmail.com> To: <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 4:46 PM Subject: [DVHH] P.S. to Camps &Armies >I forgot to ask this really dumb question ,but how do I know if my families >are really donauschwaben and what dialect thy would have spoke. > There have been so many dialects refered to and I would like to know if > there is a way to tell. > Sorry I have so many questions, but I am a very curious person and love > quests. > Thanks again, > Barb D. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message