RIPUARIO / RIPUARIAN

The Ripuarian language (Ripoaresch) is a very unique minor language in the German language area spoken by the people of the Lower and parts of the Middle Rhine area. It is a part of the West Franconian dialect group. However, it is often not classified as an immediate dialect of the German language, because it descended from Middle High German and partially Middle Low German and has developed separately from the German language ever since. Most German speakers will not even understand Ripuarian, whether in written or spoken form, and in many regards the language/dialect is as different to German as German is to Dutch.

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La lingua Ripuaria (Ripoaresch) è un idioma minoritario assolutamente unico parlato nell'area linguistica tedesca, nella Renania inferiore ed in parti di quella mediana. Fa parte del gruppo dei dialetti Frànconi occidentali.... (continua)