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HutteriteGermanLanguage

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(documentation HutteriteGermanLanguage EnglishLanguage "The HutteriteGermanLanguage is a BavarianAustrianLanguage of Canada. SIL code: GEH. ISO 639-2: gem. Population: 15,000 in western Canada, including 7,000 in Alberta (1981 P. Fast SIL). Population total both countries 30,000 (1982 V. Peters). Other estimates up to 100,000. Region: 76 colonies in Alberta, 12 or 13 in Saskatchewan, 27 in Manitoba, some in British Columbia, 30 in USA, with about 100 people in each, an estimated 300 colonies around the world. Alternate names: TYROLESE, TIROLEAN, HUTTERIAN GERMAN. Comments: About 70% intelligible to a speaker of Pennsylvania German, about 50% to a speaker of Plautdietsch and Standard German. Although it is called 'Tirolean', it is not a Tirolean dialect. In addition to attendance at public schools, children attend supplemental private schools with instruction in religion and Standard German. Some reports say adults are usually equally fluent in English and Standard German, others that most understand English better and have limited understanding in Standard German. They all use Standard German in church for written sermons and for Scriptures. All ages in the home. Strict communal living. Communal groups in New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Japan have affiliated recently with the Hutterians, but are not ethnically Hutterian (Victor Peters 1982). Intensive agriculturalists. Christian. Also spoken in: USA. (Language name: GERMAN, HUTTERITE.) Population: 5,000 in USA (1981 P. Fast SIL). Alternate names: TYROLESE, TIROLEAN, HUTTERIAN GERMAN. Comments: Called 'Tirolean', but not a Tirolean dialect. Speakers use Standard German in church and for Scriptures. They are partly bilingual in English and Standard German. Have their own schools. Strict communal living. Communal groups in New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Japan have affiliated recently with Hutterians but are not ethnically Hutterian. Intensive agriculturalists. Christian.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") Languages.kif 8128-8153
(instance HutteriteGermanLanguage BavarianAustrianLanguage) Languages.kif 8127-8127

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(termFormat ChineseLanguage HutteriteGermanLanguage "hutterite德语") domainEnglishFormat.kif 28989-28989
(termFormat ChineseTraditionalLanguage HutteriteGermanLanguage "hutterite德語") domainEnglishFormat.kif 28988-28988
(termFormat EnglishLanguage HutteriteGermanLanguage "hutterite german language") domainEnglishFormat.kif 28987-28987


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