Meanings
- The Germanic lect, a form of Tyrolean Bavarian, which is spoken in Sappada in Italy.
The Austrian scholar, M. Hurnung, has published a dictionary of Sappadino; the socio-linguistic situation in Sauria/Zahre has been analysed by N. Denison[.]
1986, Linguistic minorities in countries belonging to the European community, page 852 more examples
Similar problems arise also with other languages, such as Old Italian, Old High German, Old English, Old French, which have traditionally been characterized as V2 languages, [and] Rhaetoromance, Mocheno, Sappadino, Cimbrian.
2010, Thomas Hanneforth, Gisbert Fanselow, Language and Logos: Studies in theoretical and computational linguisticsThe same is true of other German dialects spoken in the Italian Alps like Sappadino (Plodarisch) and Mocheno, which also display regular subject inversion, but allow for V3 orders: (the Sappadino data in (5) are reported from Poletto[)...]
2011, Michael T. Putnam, Studies on German-language Islands, page 305Synonyms: Plodarisch
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe Germanic lect, a form of Tyrolean Bavarian, which is spoken in Sappada in Italy.
Origin
- Italiansappadino
- EnglishSappadino
Borrowed from Italian sappadino.
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