Alemannic language

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Alemannic (Alemannisch) belongs to the Upper German branch of the Germanic language family.

Alemannic comprises the following variants:

• Swabian (mostly in Schwaben, in Germany)
• Low Alemannic dialects, among which are also:
  • Alsatian (in Alsace, France)
  • Alemán Coloneiro (in Venezuela)
  • Basel German (in Basel, Switzerland)
• High Alemannic (mostly in Switzerland, Vorarlberg, and in the southern parts of the Black Forest in Germany), among which are also:
  • Bernese German
  • Zürich German
• Highest Alemannic (in the Canton of Wallis, in the Walser settlements, in the Bernese Oberland and in the German-speaking part of Fribourg)
  • Walliser German
    • Walser German.

Note that the Alemannic dialects of Switzerland are often called Swiss German or Schwyzerdütsch.

Language codes:

• SIL: GSW (called Schwyzerdütsch when referring to Switzerland but Alemannisch when referring to other countries), SWG (Swabian), WAE (Walser dialects — usually included within Swiss German by Swiss linguists), GCT (Alemán Coloneiro)
• ISO 639-2: gem (for "Germanic (Other)")

The Allemannic language has its own wikipedia: http://als.wikipedia.org

External links

• Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=752)
• Alemanni poems and Alemanni encyclopedia -German- (http://www.deheim.de/alemannisch.htm)als:Alemannischja:アレマン語

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