The traditional distribution area of Western Upper German (= Alemannic ) dialect features in the 19th and 20th century

The German spoken today over the range of the former Alemanni is termed Alemannic German, and is recognised among the subgroups of the High German languages.

Alemannic runic inscriptions such as those on the Pforzen buckle are among the earliest testimonies of Old High German.

The High German consonant shift is thought to have originated around the 5th century either in Alemannia or among the Lombards ; before that the dialect spoken by Alemannic tribes was little different from that of other West Germanic peoples.

Today, Alemannic is a linguistic term, referring to Alemannic German, encompassing the dialects of the southern two thirds of Baden-Württemberg ( German State ), in western Bavaria ( German State ), in Vorarlberg ( Austrian State ), Swiss German in Switzerland and the Alsatian language of the Alsace ( France ).

Alemannic German dialects have unaspirated as well as aspirated ; the latter series are usually viewed as consonant clusters.

German literature of the modern period is mostly in Standard German, but there are some currents of literature influenced to a greater or lesser degree by dialects ( e. g. Alemannic ).

Its population is primarily ethnic Alemannic, although its resident population is approximately one third foreign-born, primarily German speakers from the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria, and the Swiss Confederation, other Swiss, Italians, and Turks.

The official language is German ; most speak Alemannic, a German dialect highly divergent from Standard German, but closely related to those dialects spoken in neighbouring regions.

Its population includes a two-thirds majority of Alemannic German speakers and a one-quarter Latin minority ( French, Italian and Romansh ), see linguistic geography of Switzerland.

However, all modern Germanic languages save English and Scots retain the more general sense: for example, German Tier, Alemannic Diere or Tiere, Pennsylvania Dutch Gedier, Dutch dier, Afrikaans dier, Limburgish diere, Norwegian dyr, Swedish djur, Danish dyr, Icelandic dýr, Faroese dýr, West Frisian dier, and North Frisian diarten, all of which mean " animal.

As a result, he became an important vassal in Swabia, the former Alemannic German stem duchy.

The official language of Bern is German, but the main spoken language is the Alemannic dialect called Bernese German.

* Vorarlbergerisch, spoken in Vorarlberg, is a High Alemannic dialect.

Bad Ems is in Rhineland-Palatinate, on the northwestern boundary of Alemannic settlement, where Frankish influence would have been strongest.

By the 6th century AD there is evidence of the foundation of a Bavarian stem duchy whose leadership was related to the ruling Frankish ( and possibly Alemannic / Swabian ) houses.

Alsace is influenced by the Alemannic food culture ; as such, beers made in the area are similar to the style of bordering Germany.

Tuesday is in fact " Tīw's Day " ( also in Alemannic Zischtig from zîes tag ), translating dies Martis.

Lake Zurich ( Swiss German / Alemannic: Zürisee ; German: Zürichsee ) is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zurich.

Alsatian ( Alsatian and ( literally Alsatian-German ); ; or Elsässerdeutsch ) is a Low Alemannic German dialect spoken in most of Alsace, a region in eastern France which has passed between French and German control many times.

Alsatian is closely related to other nearby Alemannic dialects, such as Swiss German, Swabian, and Markgräflerisch as well as Kaiserstühlerisch.

Freiburg im Breisgau ( Alemannic: Friburg im Brisgau ) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany with a population of about 230, 000 people.

The burning of " winter in effigy " at the Sechseläuten in Zürich ( introduced in 1902 ) is inspired by this Alemannic tradition.

Genetically, Bavarian is part of the Upper German family along with Alemannic ( which includes Swabian and Swiss German ), whereas Standard German is part of the Middle German family, closer to Upper Saxon German, which – linguistically – is a Thuringian dialect.

The name " Dornbirn " derives from ' torrin puirron ', meaning the ' Settlement of Torro ' ( the name of an Alemannic farmer living there ) and thus has nothing to do with " pears " ( German " Birnen "), although this fruit is prominently portrayed on the town emblem.

Standard German is used in writing, and orally in formal contexts, throughout the Alemannic-speaking regions ( with the exception of Alsace and Switzerland ), and Alemannic varieties are generally considered German dialects ( more precisely, a dialect group within Upper German ) rather than separate languages.

The Walser language (), also known as Walliser German ( locally Wallisertiitsch ), is a group of Highest Alemannic dialects spoken in Walser settlements in parts of Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, and Austria and in the German-speaking part of the Canton of Wallis (), in the uppermost Rhône valley.

Modern Germanic peoples are the Scandinavians ( Norwegians, Swedish, Danish, Icelanders, and Faroese ), Germans, Austrians, Alemannic Swiss, Liechtensteiners, Luxembourgers, the Dutch, Flemings, Afrikaners, Frisians, the English and others who still speak languages derived from the ancestral Germanic dialects.

Much less common are labiodental affricates, such as in German and Izi, or velar affricates, such as in Tswana ( written kg ) or High Alemannic Swiss German dialects.

Many spoke West Middle German dialects and Alemannic dialects, and in the first generations after the settlers arrived it is believed that these dialects merged.

Additionally, it is part of the alphabets used for the Alemannic and the Bavarian-Austrian dialects of German.

The language, like other Alemannic dialects, is not mutually intelligible with Standard German.

From a nationalistic perspective, the transfer seemed justified, since most of the lands that were annexed were populated by people who spoke Alemannic German dialects.

Two-thirds of the population speak French, and one-third speaks Alemannic dialects of German.

Swabian () is one of the Alemannic dialects of High German.

* As in other Alemannic dialects, the pronunciation of " s " before " t " and " p " is ( For example, Fest (" party "), is pronounced as Fescht.

Swabian is categorized as an Alemannic dialect, which in turn is one of the two types of Upper German dialects ( the other being Bavarian ).

Some linguists and organisations that differentiate between languages and dialects primarily on the grounds of mutual intelligibility, such as SIL International and UNESCO, describe Alemannic as one or several independent languages.

Unlike most other Alemannic dialects, it does not retain the Middle High German monophthongs û, î but shifts them to, ( as opposed to Standard German, ).

* Low Alemannic dialects.

Note that the Alemannic dialects of Switzerland are often called Swiss German or Schwyzerdütsch.

* The diminutive is used frequently in all Alemannic dialects.