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.

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All labels observed (33)

Label	Occurrences
Swiss German	45
Alemannic German canonical	36
Swabian German	23
Zürich German	10
Bernese German	8
High Alemannic	3
Highest Alemannic	3
Alemannic dialects	2
Allgäu Swabian	2
Alsatian German	2
Basel German	2
Highest Alemannic German	2
Swabian	2
Walser German	2
Alemannic	1
Alemannic German area	1
Alemannic German dialects	1
Alemannic regions	1
Alemannic–Swabian dialect area	1
Allgäu Alemannic	1
Alsatian	1
Goms German	1
Graubünden German	1
Kleinwalsertal German	1
Low Alemannic	1
Lucerne German	1
Lötschental German	1
St. Gallen German	1
Swabian German dialect	1
Swabian dialect	1
Walliserdeutsch	1
Zurich German	1
Zürich German dialect	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Upper German dialect group ⓘ group of dialects ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Franconian dialects ⓘ Upper German ⓘ surface form: Swabian German
glottocode	alem1243 ⓘ
hasDialect	Alsatian ⓘ Alemannic German self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: High Alemannic Upper German ⓘ surface form: Highest Alemannic Low Alemannic ⓘ Alemannic German self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Swabian German Alemannic German self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ New High German ⓘ surface form: Standard German
ISOStandard	ISO 639 ⓘ surface form: ISO 639-3
languageBranch	Germanic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Liechtenstein ⓘ surface form: Principality of Liechtenstein Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ⓘ surface form: 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 (161)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Austria → nationalLanguage → Alemannic German ⓘ

Old High German → spokenIn → Alemannic German ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alemannic regions

Old High German → majorDialect → Alemannic German ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alemannic

Amish → language → Alemannic German ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bernese German

Amish → language → Alemannic German ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alsatian German

German → hasDialectGroup → Alemannic German ⓘ

Zurich → localDialect → Alemannic German ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zürich German

Austro-Bavarian German → closelyRelatedTo → Alemannic German ⓘ

West Germanic languages → includesLanguage → Alemannic German ⓘ

Black Forest → hasDialect → Alemannic German ⓘ

Alemannic German → hasDialect → Alemannic German self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swabian German

Alemannic German → hasDialect → Alemannic German self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Alemannic

Alemannic German → hasDialect → Alemannic German self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walser German

Bern → localDialect → Alemannic German ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bernese German

German-speaking Europe → hasLanguageVariety → Alemannic German ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss German

German-speaking Europe → hasLanguageVariety → Alemannic German ⓘ

Alsace → hasRegionalLanguage → Alemannic German ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alsatian

Aosta Valley → recognizedRegionalLanguage → Alemannic German ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walser German

Büsingen am Hochrhein → localDialect → Alemannic German ⓘ

East Franconian → sharesFeatureWith → Alemannic German ⓘ

Basel-Stadt → deFactoLanguage → Alemannic German ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss German

Sutter → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Alemannic German ⓘ

Kandern region (Swiss-German border area) → dialect → Alemannic German ⓘ

subject surface form: Kandern region

Davos → hasLocalDialect → Alemannic German ⓘ

this entity surface form: Graubünden German

Irminonic languages → includes → Alemannic German ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swabian German

Irminonic languages → hasNotableLanguage → Alemannic German ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss German

southern Germany → hasLanguage → Alemannic German ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Germany

this entity surface form: Swabian dialect

southern Germany → hasLanguage → Alemannic German ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Germany

Swiss Germans → dialectGroup → Alemannic German ⓘ