Highest Alemannic German
- Highest Alemannic German
Infobox Language
name=Highest Alemannic German
region=theAlps
speakers=about 500,000
familycolor=Indo-European
fam2=Germanic
fam3=West Germanic
fam4=High German
fam5=Upper German
fam6=Alemannic German
iso1=-
iso2=gsw
lc1=gsw
ld1=Swiss German
lc2=wae
ld2=Walser German
notice=nonoticeHighest Alemannic is a branch of Alemannic dialects and belongs to the
German language , even thoughmutual intelligibility withStandard German and other non-Alemannic German dialects is very limited.Highest Alemannic dialects are spoken in alpine regions of
Switzerland : In theBernese Oberland , in the German-speaking parts of theCanton of Fribourg , in theValais (seeWalliser German ), in the german speaking parts ofGrisons , and in theWalser settlements (mostly in Switzerland but also inItaly and inAustria ; seeWalser German ). In the West, the South and the South-East, they are surrounded byRomance language s; in the North, by High Alemannic dialects.Features
The distinctive feature of the Highest Alemannic dialects is the lack of hiatus
diphthong ization, for instance IPA| [ˈʃniː.ə(n)] 'to snow', IPA| [ˈb̥uː.ə(n)] 'to build' vs. High Alemannic IPA| [ˈʃnei̯jə] , IPA| [ˈb̥ou̯wə] .Many High Alemannic dialects have different
verb al plural endings for all three persons, for instance "wir singe(n)" 'we sing', "ir singet" 'you (plural) sing', "si singent" 'they sing'. Almost all other German dialects use the same ending for the first and third persons in the plural.There are High Alemannic dialects that have preserved the ending -n which has been dropped in most
Upper German dialects.The Highest Alemannic dialects are considered to be the most conservative dialects of German. The dialect of the
Lötschental , for instance, preserved the three distinct classes of weak verbs (like inOld High German ) until the beginning of the 20th century.External links
* [http://innenuusa.blogspot.com/ innenüüsa] (
Haslital Swiss German poetry)
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