Thread: [Learn] Swiss German or High German
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Old 14.03.2006, 08:04
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Re: Swiss German or High German
I thought it was time to dig out this old thread from last year which never saw any action. Maybe at this time it might get some more comment.

I just wanted to add something I found on Swissinfo that I thought was both relevant and interesting:

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissin...05&sid=6407486

A quote from the article:
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In German-speaking Switzerland dialect is going from strength to strength, but Forum Helveticum warns that this threatens the country's cohesion.

Switzerland's minority communities regret the eclipse of standard German, while educationalists are concerned by a loss of linguistic competence on the part of German speakers.
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