Where Central Alemannic is spoken
Central Alemannic is spoken in 6 countries: Switzerland, Germany, France, Liechtenstein and 2 more. The table gives the share of each country’s people who speak it, from Unicode CLDR, where CLDR has a figure.
| Country | Share of population | Estimated speakers |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 66% | 5,847,976 |
| Germany | 2.3% | 1,934,739 |
| France | 0.9% | 622,209 |
| Liechtenstein | 85% | 34,231 |
| Austria | Not given | Not given |
| Italy | Not given | Not given |
Estimated speakers are the CLDR percentage applied to CLDR’s own population figure for the country, so they are rough. A country without a figure may still have speakers: it is listed because the language area, or Glottolog’s record, reaches it.
Central Alemannic has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.
How many people speak Central Alemannic?
Wikidata gives about 4.5 million speakers (Wikidata, with no source given). These figures are approximate: they come from different sources, years and definitions of a speaker.
Status: Threatened. Glottolog lists it as threatened: it is still spoken by all generations, but there are signs that the number of speakers is falling.
Where Central Alemannic sits in the language family tree
Glottolog classifies Central Alemannic as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.
- Indo-European
- Classical Indo-European
- Germanic
- Northwest Germanic
- West Germanic
- High German
- Upper German
- Middle-Modern High German
- Modern High German
- Alemannic
- South Alemannic
- Central Alemannic
Related languages
Other languages in the South Alemannic group:
- Walser (23,000 speakers)
More about Central Alemannic
- Read about Central Alemannic on Wikipedia
- Indo-European languages map
- Languages spoken in Switzerland
- All languages, A to Z
Codes: ISO 639-3 gsw, Glottolog swis1247. Glottolog macroarea: Eurasia.
Questions about Central Alemannic
Where is Central Alemannic spoken?
Central Alemannic is spoken in Switzerland, Germany, France, Liechtenstein and 2 more. Unicode CLDR puts it at 66% of the population of Switzerland, which is about 5,847,976 people. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.
How many people speak Central Alemannic?
Wikidata gives about 4.5 million speakers (Wikidata, with no source given). Speaker numbers are approximate and differ between sources: counting who is a speaker, and whether to include second-language speakers, is not settled.
Which language family is Central Alemannic in?
Glottolog places Central Alemannic in the Indo-European family, in the branch Classical Indo-European, Germanic, Northwest Germanic, West Germanic, High German, Upper German, Middle-Modern High German, Modern High German, Alemannic and South Alemannic.