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	region	Southern Germany , northern and central Switzerland , Austria , and northern Italy
	familycolor	Indo-European
	fam1	Indo-European
	fam2	Germanic
	fam3	West Germanic
	fam4	High Germanic
	child1	Alemannic
	child2	Austro-Bavarian

Upper German is a family of High German Dialect s spoken primarily in southern Germany , Austria , Switzerland and Northern Italy .


FAMILY TREE


Upper German can be generally classified as Alemannic or Austro-Bavarian .
However, there are several Dialect s in these two groups besides the more widespread versions of Alemannic and Austro-Bavarian.

• Alemannic German


• --- Swabian German (mostly in Schwaben , in Germany)


• --- Low Alemannic German



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  -- Alsatian (in Alsace , in France )



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  -- Alemán Coloniero (in Venezuela )



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  -- Basel German


• --- High Alemannic German



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  -- Bernese German



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  -- Zürich German


• --- Highest Alemannic German



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  -- Walliser German (in the Wallis Canton of Switzerland)



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  - Walser German


• Austro-Bavarian (in Austria , South Tyrol and in Bavaria (Germany))


• --- Northern Austro-Bavarian (in Upper Palatinate , Bavaria)


• --- Central Austro-Bavarian (in Bavaria and Austria)


• --- Southern Austro-Bavarian (in Austria and South Tyrol, Italy)


• --- Cimbrian (northeastern Italy )


• --- Mócheno ( Trentino-South Tyrol , in Italy)


• --- Hutterite German (in Canada and the United States )