Distribution of Funkenfeuer in Alemannic Europe, France and Northern Italy.

Alemannic itself comprises a dialect continuum, from the Highest Alemannic spoken in the mountainous south to Swabian in the relatively flat north, with more of the characteristics of Standard German the farther north one goes.

* Highest Alemannic ( in the Canton of Wallis, in the Walser settlements ( e. g., in the canton of Grisons ), in the Bernese Oberland and in the German-speaking part of Fribourg ).

Vowels of proper names often turn into an umlaut in Highest Alemannic, whereas in High Alemannic it remains the same.

Proper names: Christian becomes Chrigi, in Highest Alemannic: Chrigu.

Gabriel becomes Gäbu in Highest Alemannic.

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.

Walser German also shows linguistic innovations, such as the plural Tannu-Tannä ( fir-firs ), also found in the other Highest Alemannic dialects.

), where the local Walser dialect has assimilated to the ( likewise Highest Alemannic ) dialects of the Berner Oberland.

The distribution of the Low Alemannic and High Alemannic subgroups largely correspond to the extent of historical Alemannia, while the Highest Alemannic dialects spread beyond its limits during the High Middle Ages.

Highest Alemannic ( Hegschtalemannisch ) is a branch of Alemannic German and is often considered to be part of the German language, even though mutual intelligibility with Standard German and other non-Alemannic German dialects is very limited.

Highest Alemannic dialects are spoken in alpine regions of Switzerland: In the Bernese Oberland, in the German-speaking parts of the Canton of Fribourg, in the Valais ( see Walliser German ) and in the Walser settlements ( mostly in Switzerland, but also in Italy and in Austria ; see Walser German ).

In the Swiss canton of Graubünden ( Grisons ) only the Walser exclaves in the Romansh part and the Prättigau, Schanfigg and Davos are Highest Alemannic ; the Rhine Valley with Chur and Engadin are High Alemannic.

The distinctive feature of the Highest Alemannic dialects is the lack of hiatus diphthongization, for instance ' to snow ', ' to build ' vs. High Alemannic,.

The Highest Alemannic dialects are considered to be the most conservative dialects of German.

The High Alemannic dialects are spoken in Liechtenstein and in most of German-speaking Switzerland ( for instance Bernese German or Zürich German ) except for the Highest Alemannic dialects in the South and for the Low Alemannic Basel German dialect in the North West.

The Highest Alemannic Walser German dialects are still very similar to Walliser German

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.

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.

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 ).

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.

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.

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

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 ).

Alemannic ( German: ) is a group of dialects of the Upper German branch of the Germanic language family.

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.

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.

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.