Swabian German

Upper German dialect

Swabian German (audio speaker iconSchwäbisch ) is an Alemannic German dialect. It is mainly spoken in Swabia in central and southeastern Baden-Württemberg. It's also spoken in the capital Stuttgart and the Swabian Jura region and southwest Bavaria (Bavarian Swabia).

Swabian
Schwäbisch[1]
Native toGermany[1]
Native speakers
820,000 (2006)[2]
Latin (German alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3swg
Glottologswab1242
IETFswg[3]
Areas where Alemannic dialects are spoken
  Swabian
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References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Swabian". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  2. Swabian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  3. "Swabian". IANA language subtag registry. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2019.