Alemannic German dialects

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Alemannic_German_dialects
GPTKB entity
Statements (38)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf German dialect group
gptkbp:closelyRelatedTo Bavarian dialects
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Middle_High_German
gptkb:Old_High_German
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature lack of High German consonant shift in some areas
preservation of Middle High German vowels
use of diminutive -li
gptkbp:endangeredStatus vulnerable in some regions
gptkbp:filmingLocation gptkb:Swiss_television
gptkb:Swiss_radio
gptkbp:hasDialects gptkb:Alsatian
gptkb:Swabian_German
gptkb:Swiss_German
gptkb:Walser_German
gptkbp:hasOrthography no standard orthography
gptkbp:hasSubgroup Upper German dialects
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Alemannic German dialects
gptkbp:ISO639-3 gsw
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:West_Germanic
gptkbp:notMutuallyIntelligibleWith gptkb:Standard_German
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers about 10 million
gptkbp:preservedIn rural areas
gptkbp:region gptkb:Alsace
gptkb:Baden-Württemberg
gptkb:Liechtenstein
gptkb:German-speaking_Switzerland
gptkb:South_Tyrol
gptkb:Vorarlberg
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Austria
gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Liechtenstein
gptkb:Switzerland
gptkbp:usedInLiterature Swiss literature
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_alphabet
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Alemanni_tribe
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7