Eupen dialect

Eupen dialect (Öüpener Platt, German: Eupener Platt) is the dialect spoken in the city Eupen.[3][4]

Eupen dialect
Öüpener Platt[1]
RegionEupen-Malmedy, Belgium
Indo-European
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
GlottologNone

Classification

The Eupener dialect is part of a dialect continuum between Limburgish and Ripuarian. While Limburgish dialects are considered Low Franconian (like well as Dutch), Ripuarian is considered to be West Central German.

Geographic distribution

Today, it is used less than other similar dialects in adjacent municipalities, like the dialects of Welkenraedt, Gemmenich or Montzen east of Eupen. The younger residents of Eupen tend to speak Standard German instead.[5] West of Eupen, Wallonian dialects of French are spoken.[3]

Status

As the Eupen dialect is used by the German minority in Belgium, it is considered to be a dialect of German just like Ripuarian.[3]

Linguistic features

One of the characteristics of the Eupen dialect is diphthongization to [ai, au, ou]; compare Eupen Haint, Aindere, Maunt and lowpe with Limburgish (spoken further north in the Netherlands) hand, andere, moond and lòpe

Nouns are always capitalized, following German conventions.

References
  1. Comp. "EUPEN – Stadtmuseum". ostbelgienkulturerbe.be (in German).
  2. Klaus-Jürgen Fiacre, Historische Lautlehre des Dialektes von Bévercé (Kanton Malmedy, Belgien) (series: Romania occidentalis, vol. I), 1979, p. 23
  3. Conraads, Daniel (27 August 2007). "Obelit au secours du patois". Le Soir en ligne (in French). Bruxelles. Archived from the original on 27 August 2007. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  4. Leclerc, Jacques. "Les variétés du francique". L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde (in French). {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  5. Theissen, Siegfried (23 December 2019). "Von Batze bis Schokkelaates – Eigenheiten im Eupener Deutsch" [From Batze to Schokkelaats - Idiosyncracies of Eupen's German]. BRF Nachrichten (in German). Belgischer Rundfunk. Retrieved 22 December 2022.

Bibliography
  • Theissen, Siegfried (2013). Neues Wörterbuch der Eupener Mundart. GEV, Grenz-Echo Verlag. ISBN 978-3-86712-078-4.
  • Theissen, Siegfried (2015). Neues Wörterbuch der Eupener Mundart : Nachfolgeband. self publishing. ISBN 978-3-86712-078-4.
  • Tonnar, August; Evers, Wilhelm; Altenburg, Wilhelm (1970) [1899]. Wörterbuch der Eupener Sprache (reprint ed.). Wiesbaden: M. Sändig Reprint Verlag.


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