Dialects

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German Dialects in America

 * [|Overview] - learn about where German dialects are spoken in America and where they originated from in Germany. user:fraucote1

Listening

 * [|Fonetiks] - online pronunciation guide (great for vowel sounds). user:fraucote1
 * [|http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Eacadtech/phonetics/#|Phonetics] - online pronunciation guide for vowels and consonants with diagrams of tongue position. user:fraucote1
 * [|German dialects] - listen to dialects from different regions. user:fraucote1


 * FYI - People still speak German in the U.S. as their first language (i.e. - some Amish still do). These dialects are studied by linguists because the German they speak is more like the German spoke in Germany a couple of hundred years ago. There is a similar situation in Brazil although all people were encouraged to speak Portuguese so the native German is slowly decreasing. Just some interesting fact in case you didn't know! user:fraucote1

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