Upper German

Upper German

Infobox Language family
name=Upper German
region=Southern Germany, northern and central Switzerland, Austria, and northern Italy
familycolor=Indo-European
fam1=Indo-European
fam2=Germanic
fam3=West Germanic
fam4=High German
child1=Alemannic
child2=Austro-Bavarian
child3=Franconian----] Upper German _de. Oberdeutsch is a family of High German dialects spoken primarily in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Northern Italy.

Family tree

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

* Franconian German ( _de. Fränkisch, transition between Central and Upper German)
** East Franconian German (G: _de. "Ostfränkisch", numbered 1 on the map, right)
*** Main-Franconian (G: _de. "Mainfränkisch")
** South Franconian German (G: _de. "Südfränkisch", numbered 2)
* Alemannic German (G: _de. "Alemannisch")
** Swabian German (G: _de. "Schwäbisch", spoken mostly in Swabia, numbered 3)
** Low Alemannic German (G: _de. "Niederalemannisch", numbered 4)
*** Alsatian (Al & G: _de. "Elsässisch", spoken in Alsace, France, numbered 5)
*** Alemán Coloniero (G & _es. Alemán Coloniero, spoken in Venezuela)
*** Basel German (Baseldytsch: _gs. "Baslerdüütsch", G: _de. "Baseldeutsch")
** High Alemannic German (Al & G: _de. "Hochalemannisch", numbered 6)
*** Bernese German (Bernese: _gs. "Bärndütsch", G: _de. "Berndeutsch")
*** Zürich German (G: _de. "Zürichdeutsch", Zürich German: _gs. "Züritüütsch")
** Highest Alemannic German (Al & G: _de. "Höchstalemannisch", numbered 6)
*** Walliser German (G: _de. "Walliserdeutsch" Walliser German: Wallisertitsch, spoken in the Wallis Canton of Switzerland)
**** Walser German (G: _de. "Walserdeutsch")
* Austro-Bavarian (A-B: _ba. "Boarische Språch", G: _de. "Bairisch", spoken in Austria, Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy, and in Bavaria, Germany)
** Northern Austro-Bavarian (A-B: _ba. "Nordboarisch", G: _de. "Nordbairisch", spoken in Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, numbered 7)
** Central Austro-Bavarian (A-B: _ba. "Mittelboarisch", G: _de. "Mittelbairisch", spoken in Bavaria and Austria, numbered 8)
** Southern Austro-Bavarian (A-B: _ba. "Südboarisch", G: _de. "Südbairisch", spoken in Austria and Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy)
** Cimbrian (G: _de. "Tzimbrisch", _it. lingua cimbra, spoken in northeastern Italy)
** Mócheno (It: _it. lingua mòchena, spoken in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, in Italy)
** Hutterite German (G: _de. Hutterisch, spoken in Canada and the United States)


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