Plautdietsch in Russia

• Dialect differences between groups of settlers are well known, and are often attributed to these separate colonies:

• • Chortitza: “Wi schmäaren onse Däaren daut se nich knoaren woaren”
  • Molochnaya: “Wi schmäare onse Däare daut se nich knoare woare”
  • (‘We grease our doors so that they won’t creak.’)