Alemannic German

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

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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

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Bern, Switzerland localDialect Alemannic German
subject surface form: Bern
this entity surface form: Bernese German
Bern metropolitan area dialect Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Bernese German
flammekueche languageOfName Alemannic German
subject surface form: Flammekueche
this entity surface form: Alsatian German
Mindelheim regionalDialect Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swabian German
Roger Federer languageSpoken Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swiss German
southwestern Germany hasRegionalLanguage Alemannic German
subject surface form: Southwestern Germany
this entity surface form: Swabian German
Kandersteg localDialect Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Bernese German
Canton of Zürich languageVariant Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Zürich German
Gstaad hasLanguage Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swiss German
Vorarlberg regionalLanguage Alemannic German
Thun localDialect Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Bernese German
German dialect continuum includesDialectGroup Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Alemannic German dialects
Berner usedInDialect Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Bernese German
Achern localDialect Alemannic German
St. Margrethen usesDialect Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swiss German
Nattheim hasRegionalLanguage Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swabian German dialect
Waiblingen, Germany localDialect Alemannic German
subject surface form: Waiblingen
this entity surface form: Swabian German
Nördlingen, Germany localDialect Alemannic German
subject surface form: Nördlingen
this entity surface form: Swabian German
Neu-Ulm localDialectRegion Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swabian German
Emma Jung ethnicGroup Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swiss German
Zug localDialect Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swiss German
Olten dialect Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swiss German
Fehr hasLanguageOfOrigin Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swiss German
Ehingen (Donau) localDialect Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swabian German
Pforzheim regionalDialect Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swabian German
Allgäu region hasDialect Alemannic German
subject surface form: Allgäu
this entity surface form: Allgäu Swabian
Liesl usedInLanguage Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swiss German
Allschwil localDialect Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Basel German
Schwangau localDialect Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swabian German
Muttenz localDialect Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swiss German
Küsnacht, Zürich, Switzerland localDialect Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Zürich German
Pratteln primaryDialect Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swiss German
Ostallgäu district hasRegionalDialect Alemannic German
subject surface form: Ostallgäu
this entity surface form: Swabian German
Ostallgäu district hasRegionalDialect Alemannic German
subject surface form: Ostallgäu
this entity surface form: Allgäu Alemannic
Schelklingen localDialect Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swabian German
Laichingen regionalDialect Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swabian German
Niklaus languageOfOrigin Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swiss German
Michelle Gisin languageSpoken Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swiss German
Kilchberg, Switzerland localLanguageVariant Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swiss German
Grenchen primaryLanguage Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swiss German
Liestal localDialect Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swiss German
Schwäbisch Gmünd localDialect Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swabian German
municipality of Kilchberg localLanguageVariant Alemannic German
subject surface form: Kilchberg (Zürich)
this entity surface form: Zürich German
Oscar Mayer hasHeritage Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swabian
Upper Swabia regionalDialect Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swabian German
Kehl localDialect Alemannic German
Affoltern officialLanguage Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Swiss German
Kilchberg localDialect Alemannic German
this entity surface form: Zürich German