Alsatian language
Low Alemannic German dialect spoken in most of Alsace, a region in eastern France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alsatian (French: Alsacien, German: Elsässisch) is a Germanic language. It is spoken in Alsace (eastern part of France). It is used for a number of dialects, spoken in Alsace, Franche-Comté, and Jura. Linguistically, we are looking at a number of dialects, with common properties.
Alsatian | |
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Native to | France |
Region | Alsace |
Native speakers | 900,000 (2013)[1] |
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Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
Regulated by | No official regulation |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | gsw (with Swiss German) |
Glottolog | swis1247 Swiss German |
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Most of the Alsatian dialects are Germanic. Alsatian is also used for a few dialects that are based on French, and that are spoken in the Vosges, Franche-Comte, territoire de Belfort, and Jura (on both sides of the border).
There are slight differences in the dialects, the one in the north have a sligtly different vocabulary and grammar to the ones in the south. The dialect spoken in the city of Strasbourg is also slighlty different from those in the sourrounding areas.