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