German dialects spoken in former Eastern Provinces?
Good evening
Since I have ancestors from the former Eastern Province of Brandenburg (around Schwiebus) and purely out of curiosity I was wondering today what particular dialect would have been spoken in this area and what the voices of my ancestors might have sounded like?
This town doesn't seem to fit neatly into any of the obvious regions as far as dialects go. It was at a crossroads, although many families were settled there for generations (even hundreds of years) before it was absorbed by Poland after WW2.
If anyone out there has some knowledge in this field I would love to hear your views
Greetings from down under
James
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I can't answer your question except to say that, usually, places in crossroads tend to be a mishmash of the dialects that they come in contact with.
On a marginally related note, people in English speaking port cities tend to have similar accents. The accents of people from New York, New Orleans, & Liverpool have a lot in common.
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