Tautsch
Cimbrian
Etymology
Cognate to German Deutsch.
Proper noun
Tautsch
- German, Cimbrian (language)
References
- Robert Leon Cooper, Language spread: studies in diffusion and social change (1982), page 323:
- The Bayuvarian[sic] language islands in northern Italy, whose presence dates back to settlements in medieval times, are examples of diglossia (Tautsch = "Cimbrian" and Italian in the Seven and Thirteen Communes) or triglossia […]
- Bela Brogyanyi, Studies in diachronic, synchronic, and typological linguistics (1979; →ISBN, page 555
- "Zimbrisch" (Cimbro) ist die populare, wissenschaftlich nicht befriedigende Bezeichnung für eine deutsche Mundart, […] Die Bewohner von Giazza nennen dieses Idiom "Tautsch", d. i. 'deutsch' (tedesco), […]