• Bernese German (Standard German: Berndeutsch, Alemannic German: Bärndütsch) is the dialect of High Alemannic German spoken in the Swiss plateau (Mittelland)...
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  • [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. Bernese German, like other High Alemannic varieties, has a two-way contrast in plosives...
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    The Bernese Oberland (German: Berner Oberland; Alemannic German: Bärner Oberland; French: Oberland bernois), sometimes also known as the Bernese Highlands...
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  • and an approximant as [ʁ ʁ̥ ʁ̞] like in many German varieties of Germany. In many varieties of Bernese German and adjacent dialects, an /l/ at the syllable...
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  • German, a Swiss German dialect of Alemannic origin generally spoken in the canton of Bern and its capital, and in some neighbouring regions Bernese Mountain...
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    The Bernese Mountain Dog (German: Berner Sennenhund) is a large dog breed from Bern, Switzerland and the Swiss Alps, being one of the four breeds of Sennenhund-type...
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    The Bernese Alps (German: Berner Alpen, French: Alpes bernoises, Italian: Alpi bernesi) are a mountain range of the Alps, located in western Switzerland...
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    includes Zurich German, Lucerne German, and the dialects of Eastern Switzerland. Western High Alemannic includes Bernese German, the German dialects of Solothurn...
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    Indiana than of Bernese German, even though there are several thousand speakers. There are also speakers of Bernese German and Pennsylvania German living in...
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  • Triphthong (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    as they do not share almost all of their features with those three. Bernese German has the following triphthongs: [iə̯u̯] as in Gieu 'boy' [yə̯u̯] as in...
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    Bernese Jura (French: Jura bernois, French pronunciation: [ʒyʁa bɛʁnwa], German: Berner Jura) is the name for the French-speaking area of the Swiss canton...
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  • Diphthong (category Articles containing German-language text)
    some German dialects differ from standard German diphthongs. The Bernese German diphthongs, for instance, correspond rather to the Middle High German diphthongs...
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    Forest in Germany). Complete the High German consonant shift by fricativising initial /k/ to [x]. Subvariants: Bernese German Zürich German Vorarlbergisch...
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    Standard German spelling with Swiss German phrasing. The Zürich dialect is generally perceived as fast spoken and less melodic than, for example, Bernese German...
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    Swiss Amish (category Articles containing Alemannic German-language text)
    Pennsylvania German, but either a form of Bernese German or a Low Alemannic Alsatian dialect. Their main settlements are in Adams County, Indiana (Bernese Amish)...
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  • dialect Austrian German Barossa German Basel German Bavarian language Bergish dialects Berlin German Bernese German Bernese German phonology Bönnsch...
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    Mennonites speak Pennsylvania Dutch (or Bernese German or Alsatian by a minority of Amish) along with High German to various degrees (though they are generally...
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    Old Order Amish communities (especially in Indiana) where Bernese German, a form of Swiss German and Low Alemannic Alsatian, not Pennsylvania Dutch, are...
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  • Argentinien-schwyzertütsch Walser German High Alemannic German, including Zürich German and Bernese German Highest Alemannic German, including the Bernese Oberland dialects...
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    Bern (category Articles containing Alemannic German-language text)
    official language is German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect, Bernese German. In 1983, the historic...
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    Zytglogge (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    The Zytglogge (Bernese German: [ˈtsiˌkːlɔkːə]; lit. 'time bell') is a landmark medieval tower in Bern, Switzerland. Built in the early 13th century, it...
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    Hang (instrument) (category Pages with German IPA)
    produced several variations over the years. The name Hang comes from a Bernese German word that has a double-meaning, one of which is hand and the other hillside...
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    Canton of Bern (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    (the Bernese Jura), the Swiss Plateau (the Bernese Mittelland) and the Alps (the Bernese Oberland). The canton of Bern is bilingual, officially German- and...
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    Mani Matter (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    in the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern. His Bernese German songs remain very popular in the Swiss German speaking part of Switzerland, and Matter is a...
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  • Mattenenglisch, in Bernese German Dialect Mattenänglisch, is a name for the varieties traditionally spoken in the Matte, the old working class neighbourhood...
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    Interlaken (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    language of Interlaken is German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect, Bernese German. Until 1891, Interlaken...
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    The Bernese March (German Berner Marsch; French La Marche de Berne) is the traditional anthem of the Swiss Canton of Bern and is played at official occasions...
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    Venezuela Basel German (German: Baseldeutsch, Basel German: Baseldytsch) High Alemannic (Hochalemannisch) Bernese German (German: Berndeutsch, Bernese: Bärndütsch)...
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    Eiger (category Bernese Alps)
    (German pronunciation: [ˈaɪ̯ɡɐ] ) is a 3,967-metre (13,015 ft) mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland...
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    population (the fifth largest Amish community in the USA), who speak Bernese German (a Swiss German dialect), as opposed to Pennsylvania Dutch. Berne was settled...
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