ISO 639-3 · swgswg
Indo-European family
Swabian
Schwäbisch
Swabian is a language of the High German branch (Indo-European), spoken in Germany. Wikidata counts 820,000 first-language speakers (2006). Wikidata describes it as “Upper German dialect”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
swg- Glottocode
swab1242- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 40 language editions
820,000first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Swabian · Schwäbisch |
|---|---|
| Also called | Swabian German |
| L1 speakers | 820,000 (2006) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Swabian
The branches above Swabian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Germany
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