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  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Germanic languages
All Germanic languages are thought to be descended from a hypothetical Proto-Germanic, united by their having been subjected to the sound shifts of Grimm's law and Verner's law.
The earliest coherent Germanic text preserved is the 4th century Gothic translation of the New Testament by Ulfilas.
Early testimonies of West Germanic are in Old Dutch (scattered words and sentences 6th century, coherent texts 9th century), Old High German (scattered words and sentences 6th century, coherent texts 9th century), Old English (coherent texts 10th century).
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  Alemannic German - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alemannic German (Alemannisch) is a group of dialects of the Upper German branch of the Germanic language family.
Highest Alemannic (in the Canton of Wallis, in the Walser settlements, in the Bernese Oberland and in the German-speaking part of Fribourg).
The conjugation of the verb to be in Alemannic dialects
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 German language oddd.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
German is spoken primarily in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, in two-thirds of Switzerland, in two-thirds of the South Tyrol province of Italy (in German, Südtirol), in the small East Cantons of Belgium, and in some border villages of the South Jutland County (in German, Nordschleswig, in Danish, Sønderjylland) of Denmark.
German is the third most taught foreign language worldwide, also in the USA (after Spanish and French); it is the second most known foreign language in the EU (after English; see [http://europa.eu.int/comm/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_237.en.pdf]) It is one of the official languages of the European Union.
Germanic substrate hypothesis All Germanic languages are thought to be descended from a hypothetical Proto-Germanic, united by their having been subjected to the sound shifts of Grimm's law and Verner's law.
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 Highest Interest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Highest Alemannic is a branch of Alemannic dialects and belongs to the German language, even though they are not intelligible to German speakers.
Highest Alemannic dialects are spoken in alpine regions of Switzerland: In the Bernese Oberland, in the German-speaking parts of the Canton of Fribourg, in the Valais (see Walliser German) and in the Walser settlements (mostly in Switzerland but also in Italy and in Austria; see Walser German).
The ''highest averages method'' requires the number of votes for each party to be divided successively by a series of divisors, and seats are allocated to parties that secure the highest resulting quotient, up to the total number of seats available.
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 Austro-Bavarian German
The Austro-Bavarian language has its origins in the Germanic tribe known as the Baioari or Bajuwarii, who established a tribal duchy, which covered much of what is today Bavaria and some of Austria in the early middle ages and was eventually subdued by Charlemagne.
In German, there is usually a difference made between "bairisch" (referring to the language) and "bayerisch" (referring to the state of Bavaria).
Genetically Bavarian is part of the Upper German family along with Alemannic (which includes Swabian and Swiss German), whereas Standard German is part of the Middle German family, closer to Saxon.
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 Germanic languages - QuickSeek Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
All Germanic languages are thought to be descended from a hypothetical Proto-Germanic, united by their having been subjected to the sound shifts of Grimm's law and Verner's law.
The earliest coherent Germanic text preserved is the 4th century Gothic translation of the New Testament by Ulfilas.
During the early Middle Ages, the West Germanic languages were separated by the insular development of Middle English on one hand, and by the High German consonant shift on the continent on the other, resulting in Upper German and Low German, with graded intermediate Central German dialects.
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 epit.info Germanic languages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
All Germanic languages are thought to be ɗescenɗeɗ from a hypothetical Proto-Germanic language, uniteɗ by their having been subjecteɗ to the sounɗ shifts of Grimm's law anɗ Verner's law.
The earliest coherent Germanic text preserveɗ is the 4th century Gothic language translation of the New Testament by Ulfilas.
During the early Miɗɗle Ages, the West Germanic languages were separateɗ by the insular ɗevelopment of Miɗɗle English on one hanɗ, anɗ by the High German consonant shift on the continent on the other, resulting in Upper German anɗ Low Germanic languages, with graɗeɗ intermeɗiate Central German ɗialects.
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 Home > San Carlos, CA, California Yellow Pages, Classifieds, Real Estate, Business, Schools, Library and Jobs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Germanic languages are a group of related languages constituting a branch of the Indo-European (IE) language family.
The common ancestor of all languages comprising this branch is Common Germanic, spoken in approximately the latter mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age Northern Europe.
Common Germanic, and all its descendants, is characterized by a number of unique linguistic features, most famously the consonant change known as Grimm\'s law.
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 Swiss German Morphology and Lexicon
Almost all of the dialects grouped under the heading of Swiss German are of the High Alemannic variety of German, although the dialect in the city of Basel is generally considered to be Low Alemannic.
This usage of dialect in areas once reserved for Standard German is contrasted with the increasing independence of the Swiss Standard German lexicon from that of the Standard German spoken in the Federal Republic.
Other interesting lexical features of Swiss Standard German the specific formations used to combine words; in some cases, words are simply put together in ways that would be considered sub-standard in the Federal Republic, while in other cases, the constructions, such as the infixed -s- or -en- in compounds, may be used irregularly.
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 highest common factor - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about highest common factor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
In a set of numbers, the highest number that will divide every member of the set without leaving a remainder.
For example, 6 is the highest common factor of 36, 48, and 72.
Highest Political-Military Authority of the Soviet Union in WWII
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 Alemannic German - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Nevertheless, even within the Alemannic dialects, not all dialects are mutually intelligible; Swabian (the northern-most dialect) is usually separated from the southern-most dialects.
Nevertheless, as the standard written and formal language of the Alemannic-speaking regions remains standard German, Alemannic is generally regarded merely as a regional variant of the German language, even by its speakers.
It can be argued that it is artificial to separate Alemannic from the other Upper German dialects, while grouping the latter with Central German and Low German as a single language, since the High German consonant shift, the main isogloss that separates the German language from the other West Germanic languages, originates in the south.
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 Walser German - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Walser language or Walscher language, in German Walserdeutsch, is a group of Highest Alemannic dialects spoken in Walser settlements in parts of Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, and Austria.
Conservative Walser dialects are more similar to the respective groups of Walliser German dialects than to other Walser dialects.
Settlements in German regions have linguistically assimilated to their neighbors, but these dialects still show certain similarities to the ones spoken in the Wallis.
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 West Germanic languages - GigaDictionary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
West Germanic is the largest branch of the Germanic family of languages, including such languages as German, English and Dutch.
During the Middle Ages, the West Germanic languages were separated by the insular development of Middle English on one hand, and by the second Germanic sound shift on the continent on the other.
The linguistic contact of the Viking settlers of the Danelaw with the Anglo-Saxons left traces in the English language, and is suspected to have facilitated the collapse of the Old English inflexional system that marked the onset of the Middle English period 12th century.
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 Swiss German - QuickSeek Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Swiss German is a regional, or political, umbrella term, not a linguistic unity.
High Alemannic is spoken in most of the Swiss plateau, and is divided in an eastern and a western group.
Walser German: Via the medieval migration of the Walser, Highest Alemannic was spread to pockets of what are now parts of northern Italy (P), the north west of Ticino (T), parts of Graubünden (GR), Liechtenstein and Vorarlberg.
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 Alemannic Definition / Alemannic Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Alemannic GermanAlemannic (Alemannisch) belongs to the Upper German branch of the Germanic language family.
Walser German in the Canton of Wallis or dialects of the Bernese Highlands and of Fribourg).
Alemannic is the only language in the collective language code "gem" that is "used in Switzerland".
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 Germanic_languages - Encyclopedia online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Early Germanic varieties enter history with the Germanic peoples who settled in northern Europe along the borders of the Roman Empire from the 2nd century.
From the time of their earliest attestation, the Germanic varieties are divided into three groups, West, East and North Germanic.
During the early Middle Ages, the West Germanic languages were separated by the insular development of Middle English on one hand, and by the High German consonant shift on the continent on the other, resulting in Upper German and Low Saxon, with graded intermediate Central German varieties.
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 Germanic languages - GigaDictionary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Germanic languages differ from each other to a greater degree than do some other language families such as the Romance or Slavic languages.
Some, like German, Dutch and Icelandic, have preserved much of the complex inflectional morphology ultimately inherited from the Proto-Indo-European language.
A characteristic of all Germanic languages except English is verb second or V2 word order, which is quite uncommon cross-linguistically.
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 High German
High German (in German, Hochdeutsch) is any of several German dialects spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and Luxembourg (as well as in neighbouring portions of Belgium, France (Alsace), Italy, Poland, and Romania (Transylvania) and in some areas of former colonial settlement, for example in Namibia).
High German as used in Southern Germany, Bavaria and Austria was an important basis for the development of standard German.
The name "High German" contrasts with "Low German", a term variously used to refer to the Low Saxon dialects originating from around the Baltic city of Lübeck; these dialects together with the Low Franconian languages (Dutch, West Flemish, and Afrikaans); or all of the Western Germanic languages other than High German (including English and Frisian).
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 English language oddd.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
English is a West Germanic language that originated from the Old Saxon language brought to Britain by Germanic settlers from various parts of northwest Germany.
By Early modern times, the span had extended into considerable differences, ranging from Highest Alemannic in the South (the Walliser dialect being the southernmost surviving German dialect) to Northern Low Saxon language and Frisian in the North, and although both extremes are considered German, they are hardly mutually intelligible.
The highest elected official of a town or city is usually the mayor.
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 Germanic_languages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The '''Germanic languages''' form one of the branches of the Indo-European (IE) language family.
Other significant languages includes a number of Low German languages including Dutch, and the Scandinavian languages (principally Danish, Norwegian and Swedish).
In addition to the standard Latin alphabet, various Germanic languages use a variety of accent marks and extra letters, including umlauts, the ß (''Eszett''), Ø, Æ, Å, Ð, Ȝ, and Þ and Ƿ, from runes.
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 Baseball Alemannic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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- (from German language) Alemannic dialects, which developed in the southwestern part of the Germanic speech area, differ considerably in sound system and...
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 Home > Fresno, CA, California Yellow Pages, Classifieds, Real Estate, Business, Schools, Library and Jobs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Upper German is a family of High German dialects spoken primarily in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Northern Italy.
Upper German can be generally classified as Alemannic or Austro-Bavarian.
Walliser German (in the Wallis Canton of Switzerland)
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 Low Alemannic German   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Low Alemannic is a branch of Alemannic dialects and belongs to the German language, even though they are only partly intelligible to German speakers.
The feature that distinguishes Low Alemannic from High Alemannic is the retention of Germanic /k/, for instance kalt 'cold' vs. High Alemannic chalt.
The feature that distinguishes Low Alemannic from Swabian is the retention of the Middle High German monophthongs, for instance Huus 'house' vs. Swabian Hous or Ziit 'time' vs. Swabian Zejt.
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 German Genealogy: Dialects
A form of High Alemannic spoken in parts of the Canton of Wallis (in Oberwallis) is Highest Alemannic, also called Walserdeutsch or Walserish.
It is not to be equated with Dutch, rather it is spoken even on the northern German Lower Rhine, while the northeastern part of the Netherlands around the region of Groningen is Lower Saxon.
North Frisian is spoken on the Hallig islands and the neighboring strip of mainland on the western coast of southern Jutland and Schleswig, with elements of Danish and Low German mixed in.
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 Ethnologue report for language code:gsw
All speakers are actively or passively bilingual in Standard German.
Standard German is the language of instruction in school.
Standard German is taught in some primary schools, and used in local newspapers.
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 Alsatian language resources
Alsatian language Basel German High Alemannic German Bernese German Zürich German Highest Alemannic German Walliser German Walser German Austro-Bavarian Bavarian Cimbrian (with a heavy influx of words from...
Alsatian Language Castroville, Texas Though Alsace is a province of France, the language spoken there and passed down from generation to generation is an unwritten Germanic...
Alsatian is a German Alemannic dialect spoken in Alsace, a region in eastern France which has passed between French and German control many times during its history.
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 Swiss German
*Federal Republic of Germany (1990-present), German Bundesrepublik Deutschland (BRD); Eastern and Western Germany have been united since the German reunification in 1990.
When used to denote a person, Germans can either denote inhabitants of Germany, or ethnic Germans
The name 'German' is (not precisely) sometimes also used for the various peoples that lived in Germany and other parts of Central Europe during Antiquity or during the period of the Holy Roman Empire.
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 Germanic languages - Wikipedia Light!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Some, like German, Dutch and Icelandic, have preserved much of the complex inflectional morphology ultimately inherited from Indo-European.
Note 1: Old Low Franconian is also (less strictly) known as Old Dutch.
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