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Highest Alemannic dialects are spoken in , 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 ). In the West, the South and the South-East, they are surrounded by Romance Language s; in the North, by High Alemannic dialects. FEATURES The distinctive feature of the Highest Alemannic dialects is the lack of Hiatus Diphthong ization, for instance 'to snow', 'to build' vs. High Alemannic , . Many High Alemannic dialects have different Verb al plural endings for all three persons, for instance ''wir singe(n)'' 'we sing', ''ir singet'' 'you (plural) sing', ''si singent'' 'they sing'. There are High Alemannic dialects that have preserved the ending -n which has been dropped in most Upper German dialects. The Highest Alemannic dialects are considered to be the most conservative dialects of German. The dialect of the Lötschental , for instance, preserved the three distinct classes of weak verbs (like in Old High German ) until the beginning of the 20th century. |
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