What is Alsatian language?
{{Infobox language |name=Alsatian |states=[[France]] |region=[[Alsace]] |speakers=900,000 |date=2013 |ref=e19 |familycolor=Indo-European |fam2=[[Germanic languages|Germanic]] |fam3=[[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] |fam4=[[High German]] |fam5=[[Upper German]] |fam6=[[Alemannic German]] |fam7=[[Low Alemannic German]] |fam8=Upper Rhenish |minority={{FRA|France}} |agency=''No official regulation'' |iso3=gsw |iso3comment=(with [[Swiss German]]) |glotto=swis1247 |glottoname=Swiss German |notice=IPA }} '''Alsatian''' ({{lang-fr|Alsacien}}, {{lang-de|Elsässisch}}) is a [[Germany|Germanic]] [[language]]. It is spoken in [[Alsace]] (eastern part of France). It is used for a number of dialects, spoken in Alsace, Franche-Comté, and Jura. Linguistically, we are looking at a number of dialects, with common properties. Most of the Alsatian dialects are Germanic. Alsatian is also used for a few dialects that are based on French, and that are spoken in the Vosges, Franche-Comte, territoire de Belfort, and Jura (on both sides of the border). There are slight differences in the dialects, the one in the north have a sligtly different vocabulary and grammar to the ones in the south. The dialect spoken in the city of Strasbourg is also slighlty different from those in the sourrounding areas. == Statistics == In 2012, the Office pour la Langue et la Culture d’Alsace did a survey:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Der Dialekt in Zahlen {{!}} www.OLCAlsace.org|url=https://www.olcalsace.org/de/der-dialekt-in-zahlen|access-date=2023-05-18|website=www.olcalsace.org}}</ref> * 43% said they had a good knowledge of Alsatian, and they used it regularly. * 33% said they had a basic knowledge or understanding of Alsatian * 25% said they didn't know Alsatian. Of those who speak Alsatian: * 96% speak it with their families * 88% speak it with friends * 48% speak it at the office Those who speak Alsatian are generally older: * In the age group 60 years and older, 74% speak Alsatian * In the age group 44-59, 54% do * Of those 30-44, 24% do, *