Re: [SL] Low and high language (was: Je me souviens!)

[Clemens D. <Cle...@sc...>]

Hi all,

I know, this don't belongs to the list, but there is a bit of=20
information, I have to correct:

Somebody wrote:
>> Moreover, ``High German'' and ``Low German'' refer to the altitude of
>> the places they are spoken in.=20
As I am a German: thats plainly wrong!

As Roy P quoted later: Hochdeutsch - high german is the grammaticaly=20
very exact described form of common used german, closely related to=20
written german - Schriftdeutsch. The nearly offical reference for that=20
is the "Duden", which is updated yearly.
The derived dialects Bayrisch, Schw=C3=A4bisch, S=C3=A4chsisch, Plattdeut=
sch=20
belong to their locality they appear. Especially Bayrisch - the bavarian=20
dialect- which belongs to the highest regions of germany, is in parts=20
very different from Hochdeutsch.

I cant state, what the terms high or low language mean in english or=20
french;
but Hochdeutsch simply names the german, which is taught in school and=20
is understood by the 99% of german speaking people. This has nothing
to do with quality!


A quote of the quote of Roy P:
> Low German or Plattdeutsch=20
> Any dialect that differs from High German."
This is misleading, too. There is no "Low German". We have Hochdeutsch=20
and the derived dialects - one of them is Plattdeutsch, another Bayerisch=
.

Just to correct some misinformations.
Clemens Dorfner
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