§ 2 Pg. Not Bavarian
PG., Bavarian, Austrian and Suabian have the vowel of fall, and nasal vowels. In Pangkofer’s Gedichte in Altbayerischer Mundart, are the PG. words ‘aa’ also; ‘bissel’ a little; ‘ebbas,’ G. etwas something; ‘do is’ there is; ‘glei’ (also Austrian) soon; ‘sunst,’ G. sonst besides; ‘frumm,’ G. fromm kind; ‘kloo’ claw; ‘kumma,’ G. gekommen come; Ohg. ‘coman’ and ‘cuman’ to come; ‘mir’ we, for G. wir; ‘sel’ G. dasselbe that-same; but PG. has not ‘mi’ me; ‘di’ thee; ‘hoarn’ horn; ‘hout’ has; ‘thuan’ to do; ‘g’spoasz,’ sport; ‘oamal’ once; ‘zwoa’ two, G. zwei, PG. ‘tswee’; wei, PG. ‘weip’ wife; zon, PG. ‘tsum’ to the.
The following example of upper Bavarian is given by Klein,52 beside which a PG. version is placed for comparison.
“Schau, nachbe’, wàs mei’ freud’ is,—
In suntàe’, in der frûe,
Gern lûs’ i’ in mei’n gâârt’l
’n kircheläut’n zue.
“Dà is ’s so still und hâemli’,
Kâe’ lärm, kâe g’schrâe kimmt ‘nei’:
In’n himmi kà’s nit schöner
W’ as in mei’n gâârt’l sei’.” Sii nochbǝr wass mei, freet iss!
Am sundaak marrghǝ frii,
Gærn hæær53 ich in mei˛m gærtli
Dii kærchǝ-bellǝ hii˛.54
Do ’s iss so schtill un heemlich,
Kee˛ jacht, kee˛ kschrei kummt nei˛;
Im himml kann s net schee˛nǝr
Wii s in mei˛m gærtl sei.
See neighbor, what my joy is, on Sunday in the morn; I listen in my garden, to the church-bell ring. Here it is so still and calm, no turmoil, no strife comes within; in heaven (kann es nicht) it cannot be fairer than (es) it is in my little garden.