Alemannic German - Definition and Overview

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

Alemannic comprises the following variants:

• High Alemannic (mostly in Switzerland, Vorarlberg, and in the souther parts of the Black Forest in Germany)
• Highest Alemannic (e.g. Walser German in the Canton of Wallis or dialects of the Bernese Highlands and of Fribourg).
• Low Alemannic dialects, among which are also:
  • Alsatian (in Alsace, France)
  • Alemán Coloneiro (in Venezuela)
• Swabian (mostly in Schwaben, in Germany)

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

Language codes:

• SIL: GSW (Swiss variety)
• ISO 639-2: gem (for "Germanic (Other)")

External links

Wikipedia articles written in this language are located at the

Alemannic language Wikipedia

• Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=752)