It is not German, but Alemannic.

I'm sorry if this sounds offensive or derogatory. But as a Swiss person, I've never heard anyone call it "Alemannic". Whether it be foreigners, Swiss-French speakers or Swiss-German speakers, everyone called it "German".

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computerthings 2 years ago | parent | next [-]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_German

> Swiss German (Standard German: Schweizerdeutsch, Alemannic German: Schwiizerdütsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch Mundart, and others; Romansh: Svizzers Tudestg) is any of the Alemannic dialects spoken in the German-speaking part of Switzerland, and in some Alpine communities in Northern Italy bordering Switzerland.

All Swiss-German is an Alemannic dialect, not all Alemannic dialects are Swiss-German, is how I'd interpret that.

	▲	atq2119 2 years ago \| parent [-]
		Right, but it's still German. So the statement "It's not German, but Alemannic" is just plain false.

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slater 2 years ago | parent | prev [-]

Probably making a distinction between high german and swiss german.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemannic_German