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ALSATIAN (ALLEMANNISCH,
SCHWYZERDÜTSCH) 1,500,000 in France; 4,225,000 in Switzerland; 300,000 in Austria.
Spoken in Southeastern France, Alsace-Lorraine. Also in southern Germany.
Indo-European, Germanic, West, Continental, High. No standard form of Alsatian, but a variety of village dialects. All speakers do not necessarily understand or read Standard German, but most are bilingual in French. Bilingualism in Standard French varies from 79% to 90% of the population in the different
regions. Called 'Schwyzerdütsch' in Switzerland and 'Allemannisch' in Austria and parts of Germany