The Dialect of Vorarlberg - A short Introduction

The Dialect of Vorarlberg - A short introduction #austria #learngerman #vorarlberg Welcome to the Austrian German Tutorial. In the last video I talked about 7 Austrian Accents. In this Tutorial I'd like to give you a short introduction into one of them, the dialect of Vorarlberg. In general, the dialect of Vorarlberg is definitely the most difficult dialect in Austria. By the way, thanks a lot for the question from Colorado to make this video. Links to interviews: https://www.youtube.com/results?searc... I must admit that I am not from Vorarlberg but I hope I can present some words and phrases that help you to understand the accent and dialect better. At the end of the video I am going to show you a double Olympic Champion who speaks this dialect. so let's get started. The learning goal of this video is to learn some important aspects about the dialect of Vorarlberg. First of all, let's take a look at the location. Vorarlberg is the most Western State of Austria. On the Eastern border there is the Arlberg Mountain, that's where the name comes from, and on the Western Border, we can find Switzerland. That's why the dialect of Vorarlberg is similar to the German which is spoken in Switzerland. Now, let's take a look at some examples to get a better insight into the accent and dialect. First of all, let's start with the word LÄNDLE: Ländle is another word for Vorarlberg and means little land or county. Especially, the question tag ODER plays an important role in the dialect of Vorarlberg. It combines isn't it, hasn't it and doesn't it and is used more often then usual question tags. For example, Isch eh klar, oder?