Swabian German

Swabian
Swabian
Schwäbisch
Native to	Germany
Native speakers	820,000 (2006)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Irminonic High German Alemannic German Swabian; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin (German alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	swg
Glottolog	swab1242
IETF	swg
	Areas where Alemannic dialects are spoken Swabian
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Swabian German (Schwäbisch (help·info)) is an Alemannic German dialect. It is mainly spoken in Swabia in central and southeastern Baden-Württemberg. It's also spoken in the capital Stuttgart and the Swabian Jura region and southwest Bavaria (Bavarian Swabia).

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Swabian
Schwäbisch^[1]
Native to	Germany^[1]
Native speakers	820,000 (2006)^[2]
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Irminonic High German Alemannic German^[1] Swabian
Writing system	Latin (German alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`swg`
Glottolog	`swab1242`
IETF	`swg^[3]`
Areas where Alemannic dialects are spoken Swabian
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.