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The Passport, Page 9

Herta Müller


  Swabians: The German-speaking minority in the Banat (as distinct from the ’Saxons,’ the German-speaking minority of Transylvania, also in Romania).

  Wallachian: A term of abuse for Romanians used by German and Magyar speakers in Romania. From the Romanian province of Wallachia.