Manisch refers either to a dialect of
Rotwelsch (especially in the vicinity of greater
Gießen
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Th ...
,
Germany
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) or a speaker thereof (plural: ''Manische'' or ''Manen''). The term ''Manisch'' however, is also understood primarily throughout much of the German state of
Hesse
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and parts of the
Rhineland-Palatinate
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() to refer to the Manisch/
Jenisch (alternatively
"gypsy") elements of their
vernacular
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.
Several words are recognisably derived from
Yiddish
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(e.g. ''malocho'', "work") or
Romany (e.g. ''pani'', "water").
Manisch in Gießen
Select glossary of the Gießen Manisch dialect
Source:
[Hans-Günter Lerch, "Tschü lowi...Das Manische in Gießen", pages 313-332]
See also
*
Lotegorisch
*
Manush
*
Rotwelsch
References
* Lerch, Hans-Günter: Tschü lowi....Das Manische in Gießen. Mit Lexikon Manisch-Deutsch und Deutsch-Manisch, 1976/2005, Reprint Edition, {{ISBN, 3-89687-485-3
External links
http://gummi-insel.de/10.html(in German)
http://www.levanzo.de/faq.php?title=Diskussion:Manische_Sprache(in German)
Cant languages
Languages of Germany
Giessen
Middle Hesse