Swiss German

Alemannic dialects spoken in the German-speaking part of Switzerland
Language dialect Q387066
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Swiss German

Summary

Swiss German is a dialect[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of dialect entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,678 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Swiss German is in the country of Switzerland[3].
  • Swiss German is in the country of Liechtenstein[4].
  • Swiss German's instance of is recorded as dialect[5].
  • Swiss German's instance of is recorded as spoken language[6].
  • Swiss German's instance of is recorded as dialect group[7].
  • Swiss German's instance of is recorded as modern language[8].
  • Swiss German is a type of High Alemannic[9].
  • Swiss German is a type of German language in Switzerland[10].
  • Swiss German's writing system is recorded as Latin script[11].
  • Swiss German's Commons category is recorded as Alemannic language in Switzerland[12].
  • Swiss German's Wikimedia language code is recorded as als[13].
  • Swiss German's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Swiss German language[14].
  • Swiss German's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+4500000'}[15].
  • Swiss German's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'gsw', 'text': 'Schwyzertüütsch'}[16].
  • Swiss German's different from is recorded as Swiss High German[17].
  • Swiss German's indigenous to is recorded as Vorarlberg[18].
  • Swiss German's indigenous to is recorded as Switzerland[19].
  • Swiss German's indigenous to is recorded as Baden-Württemberg[20].
  • Swiss German's indigenous to is recorded as Grand Est[21].
  • Swiss German's indigenous to is recorded as Liechtenstein[22].
  • Swiss German's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133070379[23].
  • Swiss German's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object[24].
  • Swiss German's linguistic typology is recorded as fusional language[25].
  • Swiss German's dialect of is recorded as Alemannic[26].
  • Swiss German's category for films in this language is recorded as Category:Swiss German-language films[27].

Why It Matters

Swiss German ranks in the top 2% of dialect entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,678 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Swiss German. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/swiss-german
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  1. 23d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Exact match http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133070379
    Coordinate location ['48.5,7.5', '47.3333333333,9.33333333333', '47,7.41666666667', '47.4166666667,9
    Different from Swiss High German
    Linguistic typology subject–verb–object, fusional language
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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