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Lunenburg English is a dialect of English, spoken in the town of Lunenburg and Lunenburg County in the province of Nova Scotia. It is sometimes called "Lunenburg Dutch".〔 The dialect shows unique features in pronunciation, e.g. lack of rhoticity, in syntax and vocabulary, which portray the various sociohistorical influences. ==History== Lunenburg was founded in 1753. Troops from Braunschweig-Lüneburg settled in Nova Scotia as well as many Germans, some Swiss and French (from Montbéliard).〔〔 In addition, between 1759 and 1768 around 8000 New Englanders settled in Nova Scotia as well and also had a great influence upon the dialect in the county.〔〔〔 Although German emigrants at this time were mostly from the Palatinate and Württemberg, the town Lüneburg where the name originates from was in the Electorate of Hanover. This might be due to some German veterans who had been in the King's service.〔 During the early years of the settlement German, French, and English were all spoken privately and in church.〔 However, French died out first, while German prevailed longer.〔〔 The majority of the Lunenburg settlers belonged either to the Lutheran Church or the Reformed Church.〔 Several Lutheran churches used German for the sermons and received German-speaking clergy from Germany or Pennsylvania, USA until the end of the 19th century.〔〔 Thus, the Lutheran church helped to preserve the language in public use. German was more commonly used in the countryside than in the town itself. Most families who used German in the town were engaged in farming or simple labour. Nowadays it is not spoken in the town anymore.〔 The ninth census of Canada in 1951 reveals that 15,531 out of 33,183 of the population in Lunenburg show a German ethnic background. However, only 78 residents who presumably were all from the oldest generation listed German as their mother tongue.〔 Pronunciation in Lunenburg county "is known to be the only mainland White Canadian community to be non-rhotic".〔 This shibboleth, however, cannot be traced back to the German influence since German in the 18th century was highly rhotic.〔〔 However, New England speech is /r/-less and one suggestion is that the New Englanders who settled seven to eight years after the non-English speaking Foreign Protestants taught them English, so they had great impact upon the dialect.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lunenburg English」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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