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Li Wed, 07 Jul 2004 15:01:48 -0400,
Henry H. Tan-Tenn <share2002nov(a)lomaji.com> scrijheut:
HH T> One could, for example, problematize the claim that the German
HH T> at
de.wikipedia.org serves all the linguistic varieties subsumed under
HH T> that name, say Schweizerdeutsch.
It does not; "Schweizedeutsch" is not a variety of German
("Hochdeutsch") but of Alemanic.
"Schweizedeutsch" is related to Alsatian (which has a wikipedia of
its own, btw), and not to German.
the confusion arises maybe because, while in Switzerland "Schweizedeutsch"
is *spoken* it is usually not *written*, but German is used to write
instead.
The article [[Alemannic German]] says that "Swiss German" is a "High
Alemanic" variety; while "Alsatian" and "Swabian" are of
"Low Alemanic".
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