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    Walser German (German: Walserdeutsch) and Walliser German (Walliserdeutsch, locally Wallisertiitsch) are a group of Highest Alemannic dialects spoken...
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    Valais (see Walliser German) and in the Walser settlements (mostly in Switzerland, but also in Italy and in Austria; see Walser German). In the West, the...
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    The Walser people are the speakers of the Walser German dialects, a variety of Highest Alemannic. They inhabit the region of the Alps of Switzerland and...
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    Martin Johannes Walser (German: [ˈmaʁ.tiːn ˈvalˌzɐ] ; 24 March 1927 – 26 July 2023) was a German writer, especially known as a novelist. He began his career...
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    Alsatian, Swiss German), swg (Swabian), wae (Walser German) and gct (Colonia Tovar German, spoken since 1843 in Venezuela). Standard German is used in writing...
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  • altitude). It combines Upper German and Central German varieties - also referring to their geographical locations. The Walser migration, which took place...
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    German (Standard High German: Deutsch, pronounced [dɔʏtʃ] ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely...
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  • German, swg Swabian German, gsw Swiss German, sxu Upper Saxon, wae Walser German, wep Westphalian, wym Wymysorys, yec Yenish, yid Yiddish; see German...
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    widespread notion of Swiss German dialect, there is also Walser German, another Highest Alemannic speech brought by Walser emigrants from Valais. Because...
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    Robert Walser (15 April 1878 – 25 December 1956) was a German-speaking Swiss writer. He additionally worked as a copyist, an inventor's assistant, a butler...
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    German Empire (German: Deutsches Kaiserreich), also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German...
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    Liechtenstein (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    was Romansch, but thereafter German began to gain ground in the territory. In 1300, another Alemannic population—the Walsers, who originated in Valais—entered...
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    Languages of Europe (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    German, swg Swabian German, gsw Swiss German, sxu Upper Saxon, wae Walser German, wep Westphalian, wym Wymysorys, yec Yenish, yid Yiddish; see German...
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  • Walliser German Al Walser (born 1976), German-born Liechtensteiner singer, songwriter, and record producer Alissa Walser (born 1961), German writer and...
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    Walser (born 23 March 1952) is a German actress. She appeared in more than fifty films since 1976. She is the oldest daughter of writer Martin Walser...
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    Gressoney-La-Trinité (category Articles containing Walser-language text)
    Gressoney-Saint-Jean form a Walser German linguistic and cultural entity known as Greschòney in Franco-Provençal or Arpitan, Kressenau in Walser German, or Kreschnau...
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  • Argentinien-schwyzertütsch Walser German High Alemannic German, including Zürich German and Bernese German Highest Alemannic German, including the Bernese...
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    Gressoney-Saint-Jean (category Articles containing Walser-language text)
    they form a Walser German cultural unity known as Greschòney or Creschnau in Greschoneytitsch (or simply Titsch), the local Walser German dialect, or...
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    Languages of Liechtenstein (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    language is German, and the principality is the smallest of the four countries in Europe populated by a majority of German speakers. The local German dialect...
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    Aosta Valley (category Articles containing Walser-language text)
    Valley, speak two dialects of Walser German, Titsch and Töitschu, respectively. According to the survey, Walser German was spoken as a mother tongue by...
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    Bärndütsch) Zurich German (German: Zürichdeutsch, Zurich German: Züritütsch or Züritüütsch) Highest Alemannic (Höchstalemannisch) Walser German (Walserdeutsch)...
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    Bosco/Gurin (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Bosco/Gurin (locally [ˌbosko ɡuˈrin], Walser German: Gurin / Guryn, Lombard: Bosch / Gürin) is a municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton...
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  • Liechtensteiners (category Articles containing German-language text)
    among Lichtensteiners is Alemannic German. With 1300 people mostly in Triesenberg and Malbun speaking Walser German. And Lichtensteiner Americans speaking...
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    Macugnaga (Walser German: Z'Makana) is a mountain village and a comune at 1,327 metres (4,354 ft) elevation, in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola,...
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    Developments in German Politics (1992) ISBN 0-8223-1266-2, broad survey of reunified nation Smith, Helmut Walser, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Modern German History...
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    Ornavasso (Ossolano: Urnavass, Walser German: Urnafasch) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont...
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  • The Walser migrations (German: Walserwanderungen) (Italian: Migrazioni Walser) were a series of migrations by the Walser people from the Upper Rhône Valley...
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  • Dialect (section German)
    languages (Sardinia's Algherese); the Germanic Cimbrian, Southern Bavarian, Walser German and the Mòcheno language; the Albanian Arbëresh language; the Hellenic...
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  • Theresia Walser (born 20 November 1967) is a German playwright, known for comedies with grotesque elements. Theresia Walser was born in Friedrichshafen...
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    Alagna Valsesia (Walser German: Im Land, Piedmontese: Alagna, Valsesiano: Lagna) is a comune and small village high in the Valsesia alpine valley in the...
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