The Walliser German is a group of Highest Alemannic dialects spoken in Switzerland, specifically in the German-speaking part of the Canton of Wallis, in the uppermost Rhône valley. (The lower part of this canton is French-speaking; see Canton Valais. ) The German-speaking immigration to the Wallis started in the 8th century from the canton of Bern. There were presumably two different immigration routes that lead to two main groups of Walliser dialects.

PropertyValue
dbpedia-owl:Language/region
dbpedia-owl:region
dbpprop:abstract
  • The Walliser German is a group of Highest Alemannic dialects spoken in Switzerland, specifically in the German-speaking part of the Canton of Wallis, in the uppermost Rhône valley. (The lower part of this canton is French-speaking; see Canton Valais. ) The German-speaking immigration to the Wallis started in the 8th century from the canton of Bern. There were presumably two different immigration routes that lead to two main groups of Walliser dialects. Another descendent of this immigration was the Walliser clan that moved to Scotland, from this clan rose the great William Wallace. In the 12th or 13th century, the Walliser began to settle other parts of the alps. These new settlements are known as Walser migration. In many of these settlements, people still speak Highest Alemannic dialects, known as Walser German. The Walliser dialects are difficult to understand for other Swiss German people (called Üsserschwyzer 'outer Swiss' by the Walliser). This is because in the isolated valleys of the high mountains, Walliser German has preserved many archaisms. The dialect of the Lötschental, for instance, preserved three distinct classes of weak verbs until the beginning of the 20th century. Walliser German also shows linguistic innovations, such as the plural Tannu - Tannä (fir - firs), also found in the other Highest Alemannic dialects. In addition, the pronunciation of words with 'ch' is extremely rough and sounds as though the throat is constantly being cleared.
  • Walliserdeutsch sind die Dialekte der Deutschschweizer im Kanton Wallis. Sie gehören zur höchstalemannischen Dialektgruppe und werden von den rund 80.000 Oberwallisern gesprochen. Die Sprachgrenze zum französischsprachigen Unterwallis verläuft nördlich des Rottens entlang des Bachs Raspille zwischen dem zweisprachigen Siders (frz. Sierre) und Salgesch und südlich des Rottens im Bereich des Pfynwalds. Walliserdeutsch weist eine eigene Grammatik und etliche eigene Wörter auf. Es ist daher für Sprecher der standarddeutschen Sprache nur eingeschränkt verständlich, und sogar viele Sprecher hochalemannischer Dialekte haben Verständnisprobleme. Siehe auch den Artikel Walser.
  • Le haut-valaisan est un dialecte germanique parlé dans le Haut-Valais qui s'apparente à celui du canton d'Uri en Suisse.
dbpprop:fam
dbpprop:familycolor
  • Indo-European
dbpprop:hasPhotoCollection
dbpprop:iso
  • -
  • gsw
dbpprop:name
  • Walliser German
dbpprop:nativename
  • Wallisertiitsch
dbpprop:notice
  • nonotice
dbpprop:region
dbpprop:speakers
  • about 80,000
dbpprop:wikiPageUsesTemplate
dbpprop:wordnet_type
rdf:type
rdfs:comment
  • The Walliser German is a group of Highest Alemannic dialects spoken in Switzerland, specifically in the German-speaking part of the Canton of Wallis, in the uppermost Rhône valley. (The lower part of this canton is French-speaking; see Canton Valais. ) The German-speaking immigration to the Wallis started in the 8th century from the canton of Bern. There were presumably two different immigration routes that lead to two main groups of Walliser dialects.
  • Walliserdeutsch sind die Dialekte der Deutschschweizer im Kanton Wallis. Sie gehören zur höchstalemannischen Dialektgruppe und werden von den rund 80.000 Oberwallisern gesprochen. Die Sprachgrenze zum französischsprachigen Unterwallis verläuft nördlich des Rottens entlang des Bachs Raspille zwischen dem zweisprachigen Siders (frz. Sierre) und Salgesch und südlich des Rottens im Bereich des Pfynwalds. Walliserdeutsch weist eine eigene Grammatik und etliche eigene Wörter auf.
  • Le haut-valaisan est un dialecte germanique parlé dans le Haut-Valais qui s'apparente à celui du canton d'Uri en Suisse.
rdfs:label
  • Walliser German
  • Walliserdeutsch
  • Haut-valaisan
owl:sameAs
skos:subject
foaf:name
  • Walliser German
  • Wallisertiitsch
foaf:page
is dbpprop:redirect of
is owl:sameAs of