Plattdeutsch (also Low German) is one of the six major dialect families of the German language. The Deutsches Sprachatlas research centre of the University of Marburg, one of the most important ...

It refers to a cluster of West Germanic languages localized in and around the North Sea. That said, these common dialects ...

chhhhhlapf.” Frank Roth is sounding out one of Swiss German’s less elegant sounds. The throaty rolling of the ‘ch’ is a key feature of the dialect – but it doesn’t come naturally to a ...

"Well okay, it’s not exactly Old English, it’s a rare language called West Frisian, but is remarkably similar to Old English, so similar in fact that 1,000 years ago the English and Frisians could ...