Low Alemannic German

Low Alemannic German

Low Alemannic is a branch of Alemannic dialects and belongs to the German language, even though they are only partly intelligible to German speakers.

Variants:
*dialects of Baden-Württemberg in Germany, and Alemán Coloniero spoken in Venezuela
*Alsatian, spoken in the Alsace, France
*Basel German, spoken in Basel, Switzerland

Features

The feature that distinguishes Low Alemannic from High Alemannic is the retention of Germanic /k/, for instance "kalt" 'cold' vs. High Alemannic "chalt".

The feature that distinguishes Low Alemannic from Swabian is the retention of the Middle High German monophthongs, for instance "Huus" 'house' vs. Swabian "Hous" or "Ziit" 'time' vs. Swabian "Zejt".

External links

* [http://www.badische-seiten.de/alemannisch/ Alemannic encyclopedia -German-]


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