Upper German

ensemble of Germanic dialects

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Geographic distribution: Southern Germany , northern and central Switzerland , Austria , Liechtenstein , Northern Italy ( South Tyrol ), France ( Alsace ), Argentina , Chile , Venezuela ( Colonia Tovar : Alemán Coloniero )
Linguistic classification: Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Elbe Germanic High German Upper German
Early form: since the New High German time: Old High German and Middle High German
Subdivisions: Alemannic Bavarian East Franconian South Franconian Lombardic †
Glottolog: high1286

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Commons category: Upper German languages
native label: Owerdeitsch
exact match: data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133070336

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Upper German (German: Oberdeutsch [ˈoːbɐdɔʏtʃ] ) is a family of High German dialects spoken primarily in the southern German-speaking area (Sprachraum).

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