Hi Barb If your ancestors did settle in Hungary during the time of the three Great Schwabian Migration in Hungary (including that part of Hungary which are now part of Romania the former Yugoslavia and Hungary today), they are considered Donauschwaben simply because Bismarck wanted the Germans not get lost under separate assimilations by these countries in the 30's when the German settlement regions of Hungary were divided after WWI. So we call ourselves finally Donauschwaben as the dust settled after the war and after all the fog cleared, because we called ourselves also Donau Deutsche, and the Donauschwaben from the Banat still refer to themselves as Banater Schwaben.  Gruss Hans On Sunday, April 27, 2014 6:17 PM, Gary Banzhaf <gerbanz@gmail.com> wrote: 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 ------------------------------- 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