What is High German languages?
{{Infobox language family|name=High German dialects|region=[[German-speaking Europe]] *[[Central German|Central]] and [[Upper German|southern]] [[Germany]] *[[Austria]] and [[South Tyrol]] *[[Liechtenstein]] *[[Luxembourg]] *[[German-speaking Switzerland|Switzerland]] *[[German-speaking Community of Belgium|Belgium]] *[[Alsace]] and [[Lorraine]]|familycolor=Indo-European|fam2=[[Germanic languages|Germanic]]|fam3=[[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]]|child1=[[Yiddish]]|child2=[[Central German]]|child3=[[High Franconian German]]|child4=[[Upper German]]|glotto=high1289|glottorefname=High German}} The '''High German languages''' or '''High German dialects''' ({{lang-de|hochdeutsche Mundarten}}) is a variant of the [[Germanic languages]]. It is spoken south of the [[Benrath line|Benrath]] and [[Uerdingen line|Uerdingen]] [[Isogloss|isoglosses]] in central and southern [[Germany]], [[Austria]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Switzerland]], [[Luxembourg]], and eastern [[Belgium]]. As well as in neighbouring portions of [[France]] ([[Alsace]] and northern [[Lorraine (region)|Lorraine]]), [[Italy]] ([[South Tyrol]]), the [[Czech Republic]] ([[Bohemia]]), and [[Poland]] ([[Upper Silesia]]). They are also spoken in [[diaspora]] in [[Romania]], [[Russia]], the [[United States]], [[Brazil]], [[Argentina]], [[Mexico]], [[Chile]], and [[Namibia]]. [[File:Continental_West_Germanic_languages.png|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Continental_West_Germanic_languages.png|right|thumb|467x467px|The present-day distribution of continental High German languages:{{legend|#FBCEB1|Central German dialects}}{{legend|#FF7E00|Upper German dialects}}]] [[Category:German dialects]] [[Category:Languages of Germany]] [[Category:Languages of Austria]] [[Category:Languages of Switzerland]] [[Category:Liechtenstein culture]] [[Category:Languages of Belgium]] [[Category:Languages of Luxembourg]] [[Category:Languages of Italy]] [[Category:Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol]] [[Category:Languages of France]] [[Category:Alsace]] [[Category:Lorraine]] {{europ