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Redirected from Upper German Upper Germanic is a family of High Germanic languages spoken primarily in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

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Upper Germanic languages can be generally classified as Alemannic or Austro-Bavarian. However, there are several dialects or languages in these two groups besides the more standard versions of Alemannic and Austro-Bavarian.

• Alemannic[?]
  • Swiss German (mostly in Switzerland)
  • Alsatian (in Alsace, in France)
  • Swabian[?] (mostly in Schwaben, in Germany)
  • Alemán Coloneiro (in Venezuela)
  • Walser[?] (originally in the Wallis Canton[?] of Switzerland)
• Austro-Bavarian
  • Austro-Bavarian (mostly in Austria and in Bavaria, in Germany)
  • Cimbrian (northeastern Italy)
  • Mócheno[?] (Trentino[?], in Italy)
  • Hutterite German (in Canada and the United States)

External link

Ethnologue report for Upper Germanic (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=751)