What is Alemannic German?
{{Infobox language |name=Alemannic |nativename=Alemannisch |pronunciation={{IPA-de|alɛˈman(ː)ɪʃ|}} |states=[[Switzerland]]: entire [[German-speaking]] part.<br />[[Germany]]: most of [[Baden-Württemberg]] and [[Swabia (administrative region)|Bavarian Swabia]].<br />[[Austria]]: [[Vorarlberg]] and some parts of [[State of Tyrol|Tyrol]].<br />[[Liechtenstein]]: entire country.<br />[[France]]: most of [[Alsace]].<br />[[Italy]]: some parts of [[Aosta Valley]] and northern [[Piedmont]]<br />[[United States]]: Amish in Adams and Allen counties, Indiana <br />[[Venezuela]]: [[Colonia Tovar dialect|Alemán Coloniero]] |speakers={{sigfig|7,162,280|4}}<!-- Number significant down to thousands, apparently. --> |date=2004–2012 |ref = e18 |familycolor=Indo-European |fam2=[[Germanic languages|Germanic]] |fam3=[[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] |fam4=[[High German languages|High German]] |fam5=[[Upper German]] |script=[[Latin script|Latin]], Historically [[Elder Futhark]] |iso2=gsw |glotto=alem1243 |glottorefname=Alemannic |lc1=gct |ld1=[[Colonia Tovar dialect|Colonia Tovar]] |lc2=gsw |ld2=[[Swiss German]] and [[Alsatian dialect|Alsatian]] |lc3=swg |ld3=[[Swabian German|Swabian]] |lc4=wae |ld4=[[Walser German|Walser]] |map=Alemannic-Dialects-Map-English.png |mapcaption=Blue indicates the traditional distribution area of Western Upper German (=Alemannic) dialects. |notice=IPA }} '''Alemannic German''' ({{lang-gsw|Alemannisch}}) is a group of [[dialect]]s of the [[Upper German]] branch of the [[Germanic language|Germanic language family]]. It is spoken by about ten million people in<!-- six countries including--> southern [[Germany]], [[Switzerland]], [[France]], [[Austria]], [[Liechtenstein]], and [[Italy]]. In Switzerland it is sometimes called '''Swiss German'''. In Alsace, the language is usually called [[Alsatian language|Alsatian]]. Outside this area: the village [[Zădăreni]] in [[Romania]], [[Old-order Amish]] in [[Adams County, Indiana|Adams County]] and [[Allen County, Indiana|Allen County]] in the [[United St