Gottscheerish
![Inscription in Gottscheerish on a plaque at the wall of the Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre near the Church of Corpus Christi in Trata, Kočevje](/Images/godic/202501/16/Gottschee_Kocevje_Trata_Gott_Vater_im_Himmel5128.jpg")
![Name of the City of Kočevje in Slovene, German and Gottscheerish](/Images/godic/202501/16/PMK_Kocevje_Gottschee_Getscheab5128.jpg")
Gottscheerish (Göttscheabarisch, German:Gottscheerisch, Slovene:kočevarščina) is a German dialect which was the main language of communication among the Gottscheers in the enclave of Gottschee, Slovenia before 1941. It is occasionally referred to as Granish or Granisch in the United States (< German Krainisch 'Carniolan'), a term also used for Slovene. Today there are only a few speakers left in Slovenia and around the world.