"Namdeutsch": The Dynamics of German in Namibian Multilingual Context

At a glance

Project duration
11/2016  – 01/2022
Funded by

DFG Individual Research Grant DFG Individual Research GrantDFG Individual Research GrantDFG Individual Research GrantDFG Individual Research Grant

Project description

The "Namdeutsch" project investigates the German language in present-day Namibia in a German-Namibian cooperation. Besides grammatical and sociolinguistic analyses the project has yielded an important empirical basis for studies on Namibian German, the DNam corpus which offers systematic data on formal and informal conversations in Namibian German, and linguistic attitudes in the German-speaking community in Namibia.

Cooperation partners

  • Cooperation partner
    UniversityNamibia

    University of Namibia

  • Cooperation partner
    UniversityGermany

    University of Potsdam