On a walking tour through the St. Alban suburb, Markus Gasser and Peter Habicht explore Baseldytsch and “Dalbenesisch”—and show how dialect, change, and local identity are interconnected.
A guided tour of the St. Alban suburb with dialect researcher and SRF journalist Markus Gasser and historian Peter Habicht focuses on Baseldytsch and, in particular, “Dalbenesisch.” Using the neighborhood and its linguistic peculiarities as a starting point, Gasser and Habicht explore how dialects emerge, evolve, and shape local identity. Language is explored directly in the very place where it is spoken, passed down, and transformed over generations: what “Dalbenesisch” sounds like, where it is still spoken today, and how it has changed over time.
Duration: approx. 80 minutes
Language: German / Dialect
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