Walser German dialects

E359133

German dialect group Highest Alemannic dialects

Walser German dialects are a group of Highest Alemannic German varieties traditionally spoken by the Walser people in isolated Alpine communities across Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, and Austria.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Walser German	7
Walser German dialect	1
Walser German dialects canonical	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German dialect group ⓘ Highest Alemannic dialects ⓘ
associatedWith	Walser migrations ⓘ
country	Austria ⓘ Italy ⓘ Liechtenstein ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
endangeredStatus	vulnerable ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	conservative phonology ⓘ high degree of dialectal fragmentation ⓘ limited mutual intelligibility with Standard German ⓘ spoken in isolated mountain communities ⓘ
hasDialect	Formazza ⓘ surface form: Formazza German Alemannic German ⓘ surface form: Goms German Gressoney German ⓘ Issime German ⓘ Alemannic German ⓘ surface form: Kleinwalsertal German Alemannic German ⓘ surface form: Lötschental German Tannberg Walser German ⓘ Triesenberg German ⓘ
historicalPeriod	High Middle Ages ⓘ
languageBranch	Germanic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
languageGroup	Alemannic German ⓘ
partOf	Germanic languages ⓘ West Germanic languages ⓘ
spokenBy	Walser people ⓘ
spokenIn	Alagna Valsesia ⓘ Aosta Valley ⓘ Bernese Oberland ⓘ Formazza ⓘ Goms ⓘ Gressoney ⓘ Grisons NERFINISHED ⓘ Issime ⓘ Kleinwalsertal ⓘ Piedmont ⓘ Tannberg ⓘ Ticino, Switzerland ⓘ surface form: Ticino Triesenberg ⓘ Uri ⓘ Valais ⓘ Vorarlberg ⓘ
subclassOf	Alemannic German ⓘ High German ⓘ Upper German ⓘ
traditionalRegion	Alps ⓘ Austrian Alps ⓘ Alps ⓘ surface form: Italian Alps Liechtenstein Alps ⓘ Swiss Alps ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ