High German
| High German dialects | |
|---|---|
| Hochdeutsche Mundarten | |
| Geographic distribution: |
predominantly central and southern Germany, Austria, South Tyrol, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, northern and central Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic and Alsace |
| Linguistic classification: |
Indo-European
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| Subdivisions: | |
| Glottolog: | high1286 |
The High German languages or High German dialects (German: Hochdeutsche Mundarten) comprise the varieties of German spoken south of the Benrath and Uerdingen isoglosses in central and southern Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and Luxembourg as well as in neighboring portions of France (Alsace and northern Lorraine), Italy (South Tyrol), the Czech Republic (Bohemia), and Poland (Upper Silesia). They are also spoken in diaspora in Romania, Russia, the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, and Namibia.
The High German languages are marked by the High German consonant shift, separating them from Low German and Low Franconian (Dutch) within the continental West Germanic dialect continuum.
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