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Dialect of High Alemannic German
Bernese German
Bärndütsch
Pronunciation
[ˈb̥ærnd̥ytʃ]
Native to
Canton of Bern
Language family
Indo-European
Germanic
West Germanic
High German
Upper German
Alemannic
High Alemannic
Bernese German
Writing system
Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3
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Glottolog
bern1242
IETF
gsw-u-sd-chbe[1][2]
Bernese German (Standard German: Berndeutsch, Alemannic German: Bärndütsch) is the dialect of High Alemannic German spoken in the Swiss plateau (Mittelland) part of the canton of Bern and in some neighbouring regions. A form of Bernese German is spoken by the Swiss Amish affiliation of the Old Order Amish in Adams County, Indiana, United States, as well as and other settlements in the US, primarily in Indiana.
^"Swiss German". IANA language subtag registry. 8 March 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
^"Territory Subdivisions: Switzerland". Common Locale Data Repository. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
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