Welche

Welche is a Gallo-Romance dialect of Lorrain spoken in Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin in the western part of Alsace in France. The varieties of this dialect include those of Bruche, Villé, Lièpvre, Kaysersberg and of Orbey. Welche is a dialect without numeric strength.

Map of dialects in Alsace-Lorraine. Welche is included within the Lorrain-speaking area (orange).

Welche is the French spelling of Welsch, a German word given to foreigners (i.e. non-Germanic-speaking people), derived from the term Walha + Proto-Germanic suffix *-iskaz. The word has the same linguistic roots as "Welsh", but the Welche dialect is only related to the Welsh language through the Indo-European group of languages.

Vocabulary

Due to its proximity to German-speaking areas, a lot of words have been borrowed from German.

External links

http://www.linguasphere.org/langues_romanes.pdf
http://juillot.home.cern.ch/juillot/ban_de_la_roche.html - variety of Ban de la Roche
http://www.lapoutroie.fr/decouvrir/patois-welche.htm Welche patois (in French)
http://badonpierre.free.fr/salmpierre/tome3zf.html glossary (in French)

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