I mean German as in the Germanic language ( and dialects) that is(are) spoken in modern Germany, Switzerland and Austria.I guess it depends a bit on how you define German, but if you include Yiddish (a high German language), maybe this language could have been used as the official language of a Jewish state somewhere outside Europe (could be Palestine or some other area). If that state was established before OTL holocaust more Jews might have had the chance to emigrate somewhere.
USA (one vote in it in our TL), Any part of Spanish empire allocated for German settlement as discussed above. Philippines (if German Empire had purchased from Spain and no WWI) NZ or Australia or some subsection thereof (if Germany had united earlier and got settlers there in early 1800s) Kamerun, Deutsche Ostafrika, Togoland, Samoa, (no WWI) Deutsche Kongo/Mittelafrika (if Germany won WWI or did a bit better in the original carve up of Africa) Madagaskar (ditto).
I mean German as in the Germanic language ( and dialects) that is(are) spoken in modern Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
I doubt the Philippines would ever speak German, since they don't even really speak Spanish OTL.
That's mostly because there was never a comprehensive public education program during the Spanish period geared towards it. It's very plausible for the Philippines to speak German. The results of America's own program proves it, considering the language that I'm currently writing in.![]()
Okay, I admit, that's basically true, but surely that has to be helped by the fact that English is a lingua franca which German isn't.
Yiddish is still spoken in Germany? I thought it would be gone in Germany since most of the speakers were either killed or left and then stopped speaking it. Nevertheless, I guess it's OK, but it kind of feels like cheating. Is Yiddish intelligible with the standard German dialect?That is why I would argue that Yiddish should be included, because, linguistically, it is a (High) German language, which means that it is closer to Standard German than what is the case for the dialects in the north of Germany.
Africa, maybe, to the degree Nigeria, Senegal, and other countries in Africa speak English/French respectively OTL, but you do know that the America vote is an urban legend, right?
then a early pod is useless, since hochdeutsch is fairly recentI mean German as in the Germanic language ( and dialects) that is(are) spoken in modern Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
PoD 1500?
Before 17th century, Dutch was regarded, and was, as just one dialect of Deutsch.
Not true. That is an extremely anachronistic way of thinking. At best Dutch was seen as one of the ways (common) people spoke in the Holy Roman Empire. There was no such concept as German (or Deutch) or dialects.PoD 1500?
Before 17th century, Dutch was regarded, and was, as just one dialect of Deutsch.
Yiddish is still spoken in Germany? I thought it would be gone in Germany since most of the speakers were either killed or left and then stopped speaking it. Nevertheless, I guess it's OK, but it kind of feels like cheating. Is Yiddish intelligible with the standard German dialect?
I mean German as in the Germanic language ( and dialects) that is(are) spoken in modern Germany, Switzerland and Austria.