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unusual facts about Ripuarian language


Ripuarian language

Dialects belonging to the Ripuarian group almost always call themselves Platt like Öcher Platt (of Aachen) or Eischwiele Platt (of Eschweiler), Kirchroadsj Platt (of Kerkrade) Bocheser Platt (of Bocholtz) or Bönnsch Platt (of Bonn).


Dialect levelling

The research for this case study takes place in Rimburg, a small village on the southeast of Limburg, where Ripuarian dialects are spoken.

Meuse-Rhenish

They do mostly not think of the Ripuarian speaking area as Low Rhenish, which includes the South Bergish or Upper Bergish area east of the Rhine, south of the Wupper, north of the Sieg.


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