Upper German

E60296

High German dialect group group of dialects

Upper German is a major group of High German dialects spoken primarily in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and parts of neighboring countries.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Upper German canonical	9
Upper German dialects	2
Highest Alemannic	1
Swabian German	1
Upper German dialect continuum	1
Upper German dialect group	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	High German dialect group ⓘ group of dialects ⓘ
distinguishedBy	High German consonant shift ⓘ stronger consonant shift than Central German ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Central German languages ⓘ surface form: Central German Low German ⓘ
glottologCode	uppe1397 ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	forms dialect continuum with Central German ⓘ often not mutually intelligible with Low German ⓘ significant regional variation ⓘ
hasPart	Alemannic German ⓘ Austro-Bavarian German ⓘ surface form: Austro-Bavarian Austro-Bavarian German ⓘ surface form: Bavarian dialects East Franconian ⓘ surface form: East Franconian German Alemannic German ⓘ surface form: High Alemannic Alemannic German ⓘ surface form: Highest Alemannic Alemannic German ⓘ surface form: Low Alemannic South Franconian German ⓘ Alemannic German ⓘ surface form: Swabian German Yiddish (historical basis) ⓘ
historicalDevelopmentFrom	Middle High German ⓘ Old High German ⓘ
influenced	Standard German ⓘ surface form: Standard German (partly)
languageBranch	Germanic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
languageGroup	High German ⓘ
languageSubbranch	West Germanic languages ⓘ
partOf	German language continuum ⓘ
spokenIn	Alsace ⓘ Austria ⓘ Baden-Württemberg ⓘ Bavaria ⓘ Liechtenstein ⓘ Lorraine ⓘ Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ⓘ surface form: South Tyrol Switzerland ⓘ Eastern Switzerland ⓘ surface form: eastern Switzerland Northern Italy ⓘ surface form: northern Italy parts of Czech Republic ⓘ parts of Slovenia ⓘ southern Germany ⓘ western Austria ⓘ
status	primarily spoken, not standardized ⓘ
subclassOf	High German ⓘ West Germanic languages ⓘ
usedFor	everyday spoken communication ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

German → hasDialectGroup → Upper German ⓘ

Austro-Bavarian German → partOf → Upper German ⓘ

Alemannic German → hasDialect → Upper German ⓘ

this entity surface form: Highest Alemannic

Alemannic German → closelyRelatedTo → Upper German ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swabian German

East Franconian → isTransitionalBetween → Upper German ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper German dialects

East Franconian → sharesFeatureWith → Upper German ⓘ

Central German languages → transitionalBetween → Upper German ⓘ

Central German languages → distinguishedFrom → Upper German ⓘ

High German → hasPart → Upper German ⓘ

High German consonant shift → definesSubgroup → Upper German ⓘ

Upper Franconian dialects → partOf → Upper German ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper German dialect continuum

Bamberg dialect → partOf → Upper German ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper German dialect group

South Franconian German → subclassOf → Upper German ⓘ

Early New High German → hasDialectContinuumWith → Upper German ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper German dialects

Walser German dialects → subclassOf → Upper German ⓘ