Here is a translation of the lyrics:
“Because our heavens are dark
And because here we have no sea
We put the blue in our eyes
It is in our glances that you’ll get lost

Maybe it is because of the sun
Which forgets us long seasons
We want some gold as in Marseille
We put it in our fair hair

I am from a country of a horizon of a border
Which sounds like war, which rings eternal winter
And if you want to learn me
If you really indeed want to know me
I am in every word in each of my gestures
An east girl

Here the cold freezes bodies
But the heat can burn you
For everything is intense and strong
We do not make things by half

And all those crosses, these trenches
Here know the price of blood
The nonsense of the fights
When we fell on both directions

I am of a region, of a language, of a history
Which rings far, which sounds battles and memory
The One who gave me birth
The One who made me as I am
A ground, a character, the person that I still am

I am of these people full of dignity
Standing up proud in their silence
A place where a word is a word, where promises have a sense
And if you know how to understand
Who I am when I like or I hate
I shall offer you a straight-forward, simple and sincere love
From an East girl…”

Now the game is: if you now a little bit about Alsace’s history, try to find the two inside jokes that are in this video…Nothing to win except my deepest respect…

Une vidéo qui me tient particulièrement à coeur et où les Alsaciens férus d’histoire et de légendes locales verront deux “inside jokes” pour historiens en herbe!

If you’re interested in a complete Alsatian learning system that uses audio and text, consider the Talk Now Beginner Alsatian Software

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Though the Alsatian language is a German dialect, it is largely influenced by French due to Alsace-Lorraine which saw France and Germany battle for control of this region many times.

Though Alsatian is not readily intelligible to speakers of standard German, it is interestingly, closely related to other Alemannic dialects , such as Swabian , Swiss German, and Badisch.

Resources for learning the Alsatian language are due to its very small population base very limited.

A British company, EuroTalk, is quite famous for producing learning software for less commonly spoken languages. In fact, EuroTalk produces courses for more than 113 languages at last count.

The course available for Alsatian is called Talk Now Alsatian.

The Talk Now series has been used by more than three million people to date in all its various language titles.

It’s ideal for travelers, holidaymakers, business people, schoolchildren, students and families.

There are nine topics: first words, food, colours, phrases, parts of the body, numbers, time, shopping and countries.

Each topic contains listening practice, an easy game, a hard game, a printable dictionary as well as the opportunity to record your voice and hear how you sound in comparison to the two native speakers who tutor the user throughout the Talk Now! course.

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Though the Alsatian language is a German dialect, it is also largely influenced by French. This is because it is spoken mainly in the disputed region of the Alsace-Lorraine which saw France and Germany battle for control of this region many times. Due to the fact that the French finally retained control over the region, the language is now definitely linked to the French language to the extent that some people have difficulty telling the two languages apart.

Most of the adult population in the Alsace region is thought to speak the Alsatian language. However, just over 30% of children speak the Alsatian language. There is hardly any media coverage in the language which has diminished its transmission to the younger generation.

The main confusion that people have when it comes to the language is the variations that are spoken in each different town within the eastern region of France. There is a low and high version of the language and also a variation which is known as the Romantic version. So it can be difficult to know exactly which version is being used.

At the time of the French Revolution, the Alsatian language was largely suppressed so that French could take a more active role in the society. The Nazi’s invasion of the region however, made speaking French language a punishable offense. So many people reverted back to speaking the Alsatian language. With the French language no dominant as the regional language, it is quite amazing that people continue to converse in Alsatian, though the challenges of its longevity are clear.

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