Swiss German
Alemannic dialects spoken in the German-speaking part of Switzerland
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Summary
Swiss German is a dialect[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of dialect entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,742 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Switzerland[3], Liechtenstein[4]
- Instance of: spoken language[5], dialect group[6], modern language[7]
- Subclass of: High Alemannic[8], German language in Switzerland[9]
- Writing system: Latin script[10]
- Commons category: Alemannic language in Switzerland[11]
- Wikimedia language code: als[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Swiss German language[13]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 4,500,000[14]
- Native label: Schwyzertüütsch[15]
- Different from: Swiss High German[16]
- Indigenous to: Vorarlberg[17], Switzerland[18], Baden-Württemberg[19], Grand Est[20], Liechtenstein[21]
- Exact match: http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133070379[22]
- Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[23], fusional language[24]
- Dialect of: Alemannic[25]
- Category for films in this language: Category:Swiss German-language films[26]
- Related category: Category:Swiss German pronunciation[27]
Why It Matters
Swiss German has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]