This article is about the family of regional language varieties. For the Standard High German language, see Standard German.
High German
Geographic distribution
German-speaking Europe, United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Colonia Tovar
Central and southern Germany
Austria and South Tyrol
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Belgium
Alsace and Lorraine
Linguistic classification
Indo-European
Germanic
West Germanic
High German
Subdivisions
Central German
Upper German
Yiddish
High Franconian
Glottolog
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The High German languages (German: hochdeutsche Mundarten, i.e. High German dialects), or simply High German (Hochdeutsch) – not to be confused with Standard High German which is commonly also called "High German" – comprise the varieties of German spoken south of the Benrath and Uerdingen isoglosses in central and southern Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and eastern Belgium, as well as in neighbouring portions of France (Alsace and northern Lorraine), Italy (South Tyrol), the Czech Republic (Bohemia), and Poland (Upper Silesia). They are also spoken in diasporas in Romania, Russia, Canada, the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, and Namibia.
High German is marked by the High German consonant shift, separating it from Low German (Low Saxon) and Low Franconian (including Dutch) within the continental West Germanic dialect continuum.
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