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[[Image:Brunig-Napf-Reuss-Linie.png|thumb|300px|Geographical spread of High Alemannic dialects. Marked in red is the [[Brünig-Napf-Reuss line]].]] |
[[Image:Brunig-Napf-Reuss-Linie.png|thumb|300px|Geographical spread of High Alemannic dialects. Marked in red is the [[Brünig-Napf-Reuss line]].]] |
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'''High Alemannic''' is a branch of [[Alemannic German|Alemannic dialects]] and |
'''High Alemannic''' is a branch of [[Alemannic German|Alemannic dialects]] and is considered a [[German dialect]], even though they are only partly intelligible to non-Alemannic German speakers. |
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The High Alemannic dialects are spoken in [[Liechtenstein]] and in most of German-speaking [[Switzerland]] (for instance [[Bernese German]] or [[Zürich German]]) except for the [[Highest Alemannic German|Highest Alemannic]] dialects in the South and for the [[Low Alemannic German|Low Alemannic]] [[Basel German]] dialect in the North West. They are also spoken in Southern [[Baden-Württemberg]] in [[Germany]] and in [[Vorarlberg]] in [[Austria]]. Therefore, High Alemannic must not be confused with [[Swiss German]], which refers to all |
The High Alemannic dialects are spoken in [[Liechtenstein]] and in most of German-speaking [[Switzerland]] (for instance [[Bernese German]] or [[Zürich German]]) except for the [[Highest Alemannic German|Highest Alemannic]] dialects in the South and for the [[Low Alemannic German|Low Alemannic]] [[Basel German]] dialect in the North West. They are also spoken in Southern [[Baden-Württemberg]] in [[Germany]] and in [[Vorarlberg]] in [[Austria]]. Therefore, High Alemannic must not be confused with the term "[[Swiss German]]", which refers to all Alemannic dialects of Switzerland as opposed to written [[Standard German]], the literary language of [[diglossia|diglossic]] German-speaking Switzerland. |
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==Features== |
==Features== |
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Revision as of 08:14, 20 March 2007
High Alemannic is a branch of Alemannic dialects and is considered a German dialect, even though they are only partly intelligible to non-Alemannic German speakers.
The High Alemannic dialects are spoken in Liechtenstein and in most of German-speaking Switzerland (for instance Bernese German or Zürich German) except for the Highest Alemannic dialects in the South and for the Low Alemannic Basel German dialect in the North West. They are also spoken in Southern Baden-Württemberg in Germany and in Vorarlberg in Austria. Therefore, High Alemannic must not be confused with the term "Swiss German", which refers to all Alemannic dialects of Switzerland as opposed to written Standard German, the literary language of diglossic German-speaking Switzerland.
Features
The distinctive feature of the High Alemannic dialects is the completion of the High German consonant shift, for instance chalt [xalt] 'cold' vs. Low Alemannic and standard German 'kalt' [kʰalt].
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