German-Hungarian bilingualism in Oberwart, Austria?

Question

I am writing an essay on that topic. If there is anything you know about bilingualism in Oberwart, Austri, let me know? Are you a bilingual from that town? Do you know any websites dealing with that topic? Thank you.

Answer 1

The situation in Oberwart is characterised by quadrilingualism. Apart from the Hungarian speakers - the state of Burgenland belonged to the Hungarian half of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and only became part of the Republic of Austria in 1921- there is a sizeable Croatian speaking minority:
http://www.zigh.at/nim/bk/zahlen.html
Also, Oberwart is the centre of Rrom settlements in the Burgenland.
http://www.austria.gv.at/2004/4/15/minderheiten_dt.pdf

There are schools catering for all three linguistic minorities in Oberwart:
http://www.hak-neusiedl.at/schule/enis/bilinguale_konferenz.htm

Also check out:
http://www.minority2000.net/Gr-75/t44de.htm
http://www.bundeskanzleramt.at/2004/4/15/amtssprache_ungarisch.pdf
http://aeiou.iicm.tugraz.at/aeiou.encyclop.u/u437106.htm
http://www.akademiai.com/content/86213xk73855337u/

Answer 2

Take a look at this http://ling.northwestern.edu/~ajl891/mam/lee-prestige.pdf see section 1.2 Oberwart German vs. Hungarian by the way this is a pdf file so you need Adobe Reader to view it Good Luck

Answer 3

yes, in northern illinois there is a social group or ethnic society called the Donau-Schwabeners who are german speakers from hungary. I think that is the name of the group.They meet and hold ethnic festivals from time to time in the southeastern Wisconsin-Northern Illinois area, Contact the international institute in Milwaukee wisconsin who can probably, or most surely give you the names and phonenumbers of the persons participating in that group,
good luck. they may have a web site