Manisch

Manic is an in Giessen, Marburg, Wetzlar and Bad Berleburg ( Wittgenstein) formed as sociolect social groups regional variant of Rotwelschen. This is a used, based on the local or central Hessian dialect Wittgenstein secret language special vocabulary.

Language and social science research results

For casting, that of 574 scientifically documented root words 402 ( 70%) borrowed from Romani, and 84 (14.6%) German, 65 ( 11.3%) Yiddish, different language 10 (1.7% ) and 13 ( 2, 3 %) are unexplained origin. Also the Berleburger Manic has predominantly on word stems from the Romani.

Although the central Hessian speakers refer to their language as " manic " ( with the rotwelschen word manic " gypsy ", from Romani Manush "Man, a member of the Roma "), but reject for themselves the designation as " Manic " from under which they of the rest of the population are combined with the Roma, and refer to themselves rather than Jeni.

Was spoken or is manic in Giessen in particular in three residential areas, the so-called " rubber Island" and " Margaret hut " and the " Owl's Head ", in Marburg in the districts Richtsberg and wooded valley, in Wetzlar in the former " Finsterloh " and in Bad Berleburg in the suburban settlement on the lice. ( " Meckese [r ] " regional foreign name) in casting -based family of Sinti and Jenischen settled since the late 19th century and in Bad Berleburg since the late 18th century in the region.

Moreover, it was manic and is partially still spoken in Frankfurt Bonames in the field of Urbanization Bonameser road.

Although the language is in danger of extinction, and only a few people have a significant vocabulary, but some words live on in the local colloquial and youth language. An example is moss - the name for manic woman, be increased by the morpheme { } to Determinativkompositum chef- chef moss for "( especially) beautiful woman ". On Manic can be a fascinating prestige change moor. Functioned originally as genuine secret language of stigmatized lower layers lexical fragments of sociolect be used even today in the city marketing striking.

Although often the interjection Ulai in these contexts ( expression of astonishment; due to the lack of codification of manic also Ulei, Olav, Orlei etc. ) is attributed to the manic, so far has not been proven this etymological connection. It can be assumed that the fragments still used the manic with the so-called youth and colloquial language are collapsed.