Upper German
Categories: High Germanic languages
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Upper German is a family of High German dialects spoken primarily in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Northern Italy.
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Upper German can be generally classified as Alemannic or Austro-Bavarian. However, there are several dialects in these two groups besides the more widespread versions of Alemannic and Austro-Bavarian. The Yiddish language is also based on upper German dialects, but has become a language of its own.
- Alemannic German
- Swabian German (mostly in Schwaben, in Germany)
- Low Alemannic German
- Alsatian (in Alsace, in France)
- Alemán Coloneiro (in Venezuela)
- Basel German
- High Alemannic German
- Highest Alemannic German
- Walliser German (in the Wallis Canton of Switzerland)
- Austro-Bavarian (in Austria, South Tyrol and in Bavaria (Germany))
- Northern Austro-Bavarian (in Upper Palatinate, Bavaria)
- Central Austro-Bavarian (in Bavaria and Austria)
- Southern Austro-Bavarian (in Austria and South Tyrol, Italy)
- Cimbrian (northeastern Italy)
- Mócheno (Trentino-South Tyrol, in Italy)
- Hutterite German (in Canada and the United States)
- Yiddish languagede:Oberdeutsche Sprache