Alsatian dialect
Alemannic German dialect spoken in Alsace / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Alsacien" redirects here. For the German wine grape that is also known as Alsacien, see Elbling.
Not to be confused with Lorraine Franconian.
Alsatian (Alsatian: Elsässisch or Elsässerditsch "Alsatian German"; Lorraine Franconian: Elsässerdeitsch; French: Alsacien; German: Elsässisch or Elsässerdeutsch) is the group of Alemannic German dialects spoken in most of Alsace, a formerly disputed region in eastern France that has passed between French and German control five times since 1681.
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Alsatian | |
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Elsässisch, Elsässerditsch | |
Native to | France |
Region | Alsace |
Native speakers | 900,000 (2013)[1] |
Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
Regulated by | No official regulation Officially promoted through the 'Office pour la Langue et les Cultures d’Alsace et de Moselle (OLCA)' (Office for the language and cultures of Alsace and Moselle), funded by the Grand Est region (formerly the Alsace region), and the departmental councils of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin. |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | gsw |
ISO 639-3 | gsw (with Swiss German) |
Glottolog | swis1247 Central Alemannic |
IETF | gsw-FR |
Linguistic Map of Alsace | |
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