French Kings annexed Alsace in the 17th century, though most inhabitants continued to speak a German dialect.

17世纪时，法兰西国王宣布阿尔萨斯为法国领土，不过当地大多居民之后仍然说德语。

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An old dialect of German mixed with English is used in church and at home.

上教堂和在家时，他们使用一种混合德语和英语的古老方言。

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One student told me that her roommate's local dialect sounded as foreign to her as French or German.

一个学生曾告诉我，她的室友讲的方言听起来就像是外语，和听法语和德语一样让人摸不着头脑。

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In Alsace almost everybody, as you will see later, spoke German dialect. But it didn't mean, if you asked somebody, "Are you French?"

在阿尔萨斯基本上每个人,你以后就知道,说一种德语方言,但也不是说,你要问别人,"你是法国人吗"

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Now, Alsatians were French, even though many of them spoke German dialect.

阿尔萨斯人是法国人,虽然他们很多人说德国方言

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Amish are defined as using a horse and buggy, worshipping in their homes and speaking a German dialect.

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They live in a scattering of villages in Switzerland, Austria and northern Italy, and some still speak the Walser German dialect.

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They fled to North America in the 19th Century to avoid persecution, but many Hutterites still speak with a heavy German accent and they mostly talk and pray in a German dialect.

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