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In southern Bernese German (not in the city of Bern), the closing diphthongs /ɛi̯, œi̯, ɔu̯/ merge with the near-close monophthongs /ɪː, ʏː, ʊː/ to [ɪː, ʏː, ʊː], for instance [ˈɣ̊lɪːd̥] instead of [ˈɣ̊lɛi̯d̥] ('cloth'). [2] This phenomenon is also found in the neighbouring Bernese Highlands and Sense District dialects.
Bernese German is distinguished from other Swiss German dialects by the following characteristics: . The shortening of many high vowels, e.g. Zyt [tsit] 'time', Lüt [lyt] 'people', lut [lut] 'loud' instead of the long vowel typical in other Alemannic dialects, e.g. Zurich German Ziit [tsiːt], Lüüt [lyːt], luut [luːt] (Standard German Zeit, Leute, laut).
Bern now styled itself as a Republic (Stadt und Republik Bern, Republica Bernensis) rather than a Reichsstadt, following the example of the Italian city republics. In effect, public offices were now the exclusive prerogative of the gnädige Herren, the "merciful lords", as the small number of noble families now ruling Bern came to be called. In ...
The canton of Bern, or Berne (German: Kanton Bern; French: canton de Berne; Romansh: Chantun Berna; Italian: Canton Berna), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the de facto capital of Switzerland. The bear is the heraldic symbol of the canton, displayed on a red-yellow background.
Bernese is the adjectival form for the canton of Bern or for Bern. Bernese may also refer to: Bernese German, a Swiss German dialect of Alemannic origin generally spoken in the canton of Bern and its capital, and in some neighbouring regions; Bernese Mountain Dog, a member of the Swiss mountain dog breeds
Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (1,628 or 98.1%) as their first language, English is the second most common (6 or 0.4%) and French is the third (5 or 0.3%). There is 1 person who speaks Italian. [9] As of 2008, the population was 50.2% male and 49.8% female. The population was made up of 758 Swiss men (48.5% of the population ...
3D model of the Old City. The Old City (German: Altstadt) is the medieval city center of Bern, Switzerland.Built on a narrow hill bordered on three sides by the river Aare, its compact layout has remained essentially unchanged since its construction during the twelfth to the fifteenth century.
Gazette de Berne was a newspaper published in Bern, Switzerland, from 1689 to 3 March 1798.Officially, the newspaper published in Bern was called Nouvelles de divers endroits from 1689 to 1787 and Nouvelles politiques from 1788 to 1798, but it was known as the Gazette de Berne. [1]