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Omegäng

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How is our dialect faring in the globalized age? When the "railroad age" began 160 years ago, Switzerland feared that High German would supplant the dialect. The opposite has happened. The dialect persists and continues to blossom.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2024-01-19

Runtime: 80 mins

Director: Aldo Gugolz

Writer: Aldo Gugolz

Spoken language: Deutsch

Genres: Documentary

Original title: Omegäng

Production Companies: Revolumenfilm

Production Countries: Switzerland

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