Alemannic German

E17970

Upper German dialect group group of dialects

Alemannic German is a group of Upper German dialects spoken primarily in parts of Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and Liechtenstein.

Aliases (19)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Upper German dialect group → group of dialects →
closelyRelatedTo	Franconian dialects → Swabian German →
glottocode	alem1243 →
hasDialect	Alsatian → High Alemannic → Highest Alemannic → Low Alemannic → Swabian German → Walser German →
hasEthnologueEntry	gsw →
hasFeature	distinctive vowel systems compared to Standard German → lenition of plosives in many dialects → monophthongization of Middle High German diphthongs in many dialects → retention of certain Middle High German consonant clusters → use of diminutive suffix -li in many Swiss Alemannic dialects →
hasISOCode	gsw →
hasStandardForm	no fully standardized orthography →
influencedBy	French in Alsace → Italian in border regions → Standard German →
ISOStandard	ISO 639-3 →
languageBranch	Germanic languages →
languageFamily	Indo-European languages →
languageGroup	High German →
languageSubbranch	West Germanic languages →
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith	Standard German for many speakers →
partOf	German language continuum →
spokenIn	Alsace → Austria → Baden-Württemberg → France → German-speaking Switzerland → Germany → Italy → Liechtenstein → Principality of Liechtenstein → South Tyrol → Switzerland → Valleys of northern Italy → Vorarlberg →
subclassOf	High German dialects → West Germanic languages →
usedAs	national variety in Liechtenstein → regional language in Alsace → regional language in Baden-Württemberg → regional language in Vorarlberg → spoken vernacular in German-speaking Switzerland →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (53)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bern metropolitan area ("Bernese German") → Kandern region → Swiss Germans ("Zurich German") → Swiss Germans ("Bernese German") → Swiss Germans ("Basel German") → Swiss Germans ("Lucerne German") → Swiss Germans ("St. Gallen German") → Swiss Germans ("Highest Alemannic") →	dialect
Upper German → Upper German ("Swabian German") → Upper German ("Highest Alemannic") → Upper German ("High Alemannic") → Upper German ("Low Alemannic") →	hasPart
Alemannic German ("Swabian German") → Alemannic German ("High Alemannic") → Alemannic German ("Walser German") → Black Forest →	hasDialect
Bern ("Bernese German") → Bern ("Bernese German") → Büsingen am Hochrhein → Zurich ("Zürich German") →	localDialect
Irminonic languages → Irminonic languages ("Swabian German") → New High German →	includes
Amish ("Bernese German") → Amish ("Alsatian German") → Jakob Ammann ("Swiss German") →	language
Southern Germany ("Swabian dialect") → Southern Germany →	hasLanguage
German-speaking Europe ("Swiss German") → German-speaking Europe →	hasLanguageVariety
Swabia (Bavaria) ("Swabian German") → Swabia (Bavaria) →	regionalDialect
High German consonant shift →	affectsLanguage
Austro-Bavarian German →	closelyRelatedTo
Duchy of Württemberg ("Swabian German") →	commonLanguage
Basel-Stadt ("Swiss German") →	deFactoLanguage
Swiss Germans →	dialectGroup
German →	hasDialectGroup
Sutter →	hasLanguageOfOrigin
Davos ("Graubünden German") →	hasLocalDialect
German-speaking Switzerland ("Swiss German") →	hasMediaLanguage
Irminonic languages ("Swiss German") →	hasNotableLanguage
Alsace ("Alsatian") →	hasRegionalLanguage
High German →	includesDialectGroup
West Germanic languages →	includesLanguage
Old High German ("Alemannic") →	majorDialect
Austria →	nationalLanguage
Aosta Valley ("Walser German") →	recognizedRegionalLanguage
East Franconian →	sharesFeatureWith
Old High German ("Alemannic regions") →	spokenIn
German-speaking Switzerland ("Alemannic dialects") →	spokenVarieties
Leonhard ("Swiss German") →	usage