Extinct languages - dying dialects

The history of Central Europe has been changeful during the centuries. Therefore it didn't come as a big surprise that languages and dialects of the Germanic root got lost and still are dying. As hinted in the chapter before  especially in urban areas in Germany there is a tendency to speak a kind of "integrative" German influenced by misused English, the media and even misused Standard German. The mixture that comes out is a simple horror for anyone who wants to protect dialects or feels an admiration for the expressiveness and accuracy of Standard German. These people see the language directly related to the culture and fear it might have negative effects if individuals lost it. Others argument that it makes no sense to hold on to tribal and unfashionable customs. A new culture was about to be created. A small group would prefer in addition to it  that Central Europe Germanic languages should simply be forgotten in the favor of teaching and using correct English.

While languages like Langobardic and Gothic nobody living nowadays remembers anymore in use, there are some idioms which were still spoken by our grannies and their contemporaries. In the added little clip you can listen to some of them. And it is true, not so much has changed in the end for our kids. While I was used to learn some East Prussian from an old lady on the bus station every morning, they now learn Russian, Albanian or Turkish. For young ones it makes no difference. They are curious and like to implement into their personal culture whatever attracts their mind.