SwitzerlandSchweizer Geschichte 4 · Swiss history
After the end of Roman rule, new peoples settled in the area of today's Switzerland. What is considered one origin of the language border between German and French?
In the exam (German)
Nach dem Ende der Römerherrschaft siedelten neue Völker im Gebiet der heutigen Schweiz. Was gilt als ein Ursprung der Sprachgrenze zwischen Deutsch und Französisch?
- aIn 1803, Napoleon fixed the border between German and French in a law.Napoleon legte die Grenze zwischen Deutsch und Französisch im Jahr 1803 in einem Gesetz fest.
- bIn 1848, the federal state reorganised all cantons according to their main language.Der Bundesstaat teilte im Jahr 1848 alle Kantone neu nach ihrer Hauptsprache ein.
- cThe reformers introduced French as a new church language in the west of the Confederation.Die Reformatoren führten im Westen der Eidgenossenschaft Französisch als neue Kirchensprache ein.
- dThe Alemanni kept their language; the Burgundians adopted the Romance language of the local people.Die Alemannen behielten ihre Sprache, die Burgunder übernahmen das Romanische der Einheimischen.Correct answer
Why?
In the early Middle Ages, the Alemanni (Alemannen) settled in the north and east and went on speaking their Germanic language. The Burgundians (Burgunder) in the west adopted the Romance language of the local people, which had developed from Latin; this is how the border between the German-speaking and French-speaking areas formed.
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