- From: Martin Duerst <duerst@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 17:03:24 +0900
- To: "Mark Davis" <mark.davis@jtcsv.com>, "John Cowan" <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
- Cc: <www-international@w3.org>, <ietf-languages@alvestrand.no>
At 02:31 04/12/18, Mark Davis wrote: >> The Standard German used in Liechtenstein is as different from German >Standard >> German as Swiss Standard German is, really? >yes Mark - Would you care to give some examples? You have lived closer to Liechtenstein than I. I can easily give examples of differences between Standard German (as used in Germany) and written German as used in Switzerland (the easiest being the absence of a sharp s in Swiss orthography). German as used in Liechtenstein (if defined at all) may be a combination of characteristics from German as written in the three neighbouring countries (Switzerland, Austria, and Germany, the latest not being an immediate neighbour but not too far away). Looking at http://www.gesetze.li/, the language used in various laws in Liechtenstein seems to be extremely close to what's used in Switzerland. And legal language may be a good example, because there are strong differences in this area between Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Regards, Martin.
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