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The Walser language, also known as Walliser German (locally Wallisertiitsch), is a group of Highest Alemannic dialects spoken
in Walser settlements in parts of Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, and Austria and in the German-speaking part of the Canton
of Wallis, in the uppermost Rhône valley. The terms Walser and Walliser are geographic; there is no linguistic divide. Specific
Walser dialects can be traced to eastern or western dialects of Wallis canton. Conservative Walser dialects are more similar
to the respective groups of Wallis dialects than to neighboring Walser dialects. 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 led to two
main groups of Walliser dialects. 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 Walser. The dialects are difficult
to understand for other Swiss Germans (called Üsserschwyzer 'outer Swiss' by the Walliser). This is because in the isolated
valleys of the high mountains, Walser 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. Walser German also shows linguistic innovations,
such as the plural Tannu - Tannä (fir - firs), also found in the other Highest Alemannic dialects. The total number of speakers
in all countries is reported to be 20,000 to 40,000, including 10,000 to 20,000 speakers in Switzerland, out of a population
of 7.5 m (1980 C. Buchli), 3,400 in Italy (1978 Fazzini), 1,300 in Liechtenstein (1995 C. Buchli), and 5,000 to 10,000 in
Austria (1995 C. Buchli). |
Names (more)[br] walser[ca] walser [cs] němčina (walser) [da] walsertysk [de] Walliserdeutsch [el] Βάλσερ [en] Walser German [et] walseri [ee] walsegbe [fi] walser [fr] Haut-valaisan [he] וואלסר [hr] Walserski jezik [hu] walser [id] Walser [it] walser [ja] ヴァリス語 [ko] 월저어 [lo] ວາເຊີ [lv] Vallisas vācu [lt] valserų [mk] валсер [nl] Walser [nb] walser [pl] wysokoalemański [pt] walser [ro] walser [ru] Валлисский диалект [sk] walserčina [es] Idioma walser [sv] walsertyska [th] วัลเซอร์ [to] lea fakaʻualiseli [tr] Walser [uk] Валзерська [vi] Tiếng Walser |
Language type : Living
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