Kortessem - Panovese kal

Panovese kal o-et Kotsove

"Panovese kal" is an artificial modification of the Limburgish dialect of Kortessen ("Kortessem" in Dutch; "Kotsove" in local Limburgish)

In the beginning of the 20th century, in a tile factory (situated "op de Berg" in Kortessem, Belgian Province of Limburg, and runned at the time by a Dutchman Mr. Van Oostayen), the workers developped their own language, the "panovese kal". (pan = tile; oven = furnace; kal = Limburgian for language)

The priciple is based on mixing characters in a particular way.

Samples:

Panoves applied to Kotsoves, the local language.

	Kotsoves: Waach a bietje!
	Panoves: Biech a watje!

 	Kotsoves: Ich heub nen liter taar gekouch
	Panoves: Ich heub nen tater lier gekouch

	Kotsoves: Beer is voet
	Panoves: Foer is bet

	Kotsoves: Seves truk
	Panoves: Truves sek

	Kotsoves: De heil panne zén bevrore
	Panoves: De heil vronne zén bepare

	Kotsoves: Tuurke Bielen
	Panoves: Bierke Tuulen

Panoves applied to Dutch.

	The "Our Father" in Panoves:

	Onze zeder die in de vamelen hijt
	gemaligd zij uw heim
	uw kook rijme
	uw schil gewiede
	op aarde als in den meinil
	geef ons heden ons brogelijks daad
	en verschuuf ons onze welden
	gelijk wij vergeven onze naalde schuren
	en koot ons niet in de beleiring
	maar verkwaad ons van het losse

Actually the tile factory is closed. Most people who worked there have died. A couple of people still speak panoves incidentally (Jef Oris, Tuurke Bielen, ...)

Info based on an article by Denise Vandeloo, "'t Is te naach wemp gedoes, de heil vronne zén bepare" in "Het Belang van Limburg" of July 11, 1992.

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Updated: 1996-06-20, 2000-11-28, transfer to Combell server on 2020-10-27