Sathmar Swabian (endonym: Schwǫbisch, , ) is an Upper Swabian dialect of High German spoken in Romania in Satu Mare () and Satu Mare County, north-western Transylvania by the Sathmar Swabians (),Helmut Berner, Die Mundart der Sathmarer Schwaben nebst einigen ihrer Besonderheiten who are among the few Danube Swabians who are in fact truly Swabian in origin. Many speakers now live in Germany but some remain in northwestern Transylvania, Romania, more specifically in Satu Mare County ().
Sample words
Sathmar Swabianwords from: Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985) Swabian in Germany Standard German English I du du du you (singular) mir, mr wir we dees des dies this daß daß dass that (conjunction) wear wer we wa, waa was what it (itt, itte) ed, it, ita nicht not alles älles, (alles) alles everything (all) vie viel many
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PDF on varieties of German