Low Alemannic German
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Low Alemannic is a branch of Alemannic dialects and belongs to the German language, even though they are only partly intelligible to German speakers.
The Low Alemannic dialects are spoken in Baden-Württemberg in Germany, in the Alsace in France (see Alsatian language) and in Basel in Switzerland (see Basel German).
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
de:Niederalemannischals:Niederalemannisch it:Basso alemanno li:Nederalemannisch nds:Nedderalemannsch