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:
- Highest Alemannic (in the Canton of Wallis, in the Walser settlements, in the Bernese Oberland and in the German-speaking part of Fribourg)
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:Alemannisch