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Gottscheerisch

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Community Profile: Speakers of German language varieties were among the early colonists in New Amsterdam, but it was in the mid-19th century that New York became a Germanic-language metropolis of tremendous scale and diversity rivaled only by Berlin and Vienna. Initially the hub was Kleindeutschland (Little Germany), today the East Village, especially in the vicinity of Tompkins Square Park, but the community expanded widely from there across the region, with major hubs in Yorkville, north Brooklyn, Hoboken, and later much of Queens and Long Island.
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ottscheerisch is a Germanic language variety that developed in the area of Gottschee in what is now Slovenia during a period of over seven centuries. Most speakers left the region amid the upheaval of the Second World War, and the language in Gottschee itself is now all but lost, following emigration to Germany, Austria, and the United States, particularly the Ridgewood area of Queens. One estimate places the population of Gottscheers and their descendants in the New York area as high as 18,000, though only a small number of older people still know the language to some extent. Though many Gottscheers have moved beyond Ridgewood elsewhere in Queens, Long Island, and beyond, Gottscheer Hall is a community center, restaurant, and bar all in one. An active community infrastructure includes choral concerts, Miss Gottschee competitions, the Blau Weiss soccer team, and the Gottscheer Relief Association, among other institutions.

Note that the language above may be used throughout the New York area — this is just one significant site.
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