Few students of German language and culture sufficiently understand the linguistic
diversity in Germany and other German-speaking regions. The following web
resources have been selected and organized as a teaching aid for high school
teachers and college instructors.
Contents/Main Headings
General Portals to Dialect-Specific Sites
Dialect/Language-Specific Sites
Alsatian/Elsässisch
Bavarian/Bairisch (incl. Austrian/Österreichische variants)
Berlin Dialect
Cologne/Kölsch (a variant of Ripuarian dialect)
Frisian/Friesisch
Hessian/Hessisch
Low German/Niederdeutsch/Platt
Luxemburgisch/Letzebuergesch
Mosel-Franconian/Moselfränkisch
Pennsylvania "Dutch"
Pfälzisch (dialect of Palatinate)
(Upper)Saxon/(Ober)Sächsisch
Swabian/Schwäbisch (and Badisch)
Swiss German/Schweitzerdeutsch
Yiddish
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Created by Axel Schmetzke,
Library, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Last updated
03/27/09
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Comments are welcome! aschmetz@uwsp.edu
