What is Upper German?
{{Infobox language family|name=Upper German|ancestor3=[[Early New High German]]|map=Oberdeutsche Mundarten.png|glottorefname=Upper German|glotto=high1286|child3=[[High Franconian German|High Franconian]]|child2=[[Bavarian language|Austro-Bavarian]]|child1=[[Alemannic German|Alemannic]]|ancestor2=[[Middle High German]]|altname={{lang|de|Oberdeutsch}}|ancestor=[[Old High German]]|fam5=[[High German languages|High German]]|fam4=[[Elbe Germanic]]|fam3=[[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]]|fam2=[[Germanic languages|Germanic]]|familycolor=Indo-European|region=[[Southern Germany]], northern and central [[Switzerland]], [[Austria]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Northern Italy]] ([[South Tyrol]]), [[France]] ([[Alsace]])|mapcaption=[[High Franconian German|High Franconian]]: {{Legend|#FF5555|1: [[East Franconian German|East Franconian]]}} {{Legend|#D35F8D|2: [[South Franconian German|South Franconian]]}} [[Alemannic German|Alemannic]]: {{Legend|#2AFF80|3: [[Swabian German]]}} {{Legend|#00D400|4: [[Low Alemannic German|Low Alemannic]]}} {{Legend|#005500|5: [[High Alemannic German|High]] and [[Highest Alemannic German|Highest Alemannic]]}} [[Bavarian language|Bavarian]]: {{Legend|#AACCFF|6: [[Northern Bavarian]]}} {{Legend|#0066FF|7: [[Central Bavarian]]}} {{Legend|#000080|8: [[Southern Bavarian]]}}}} '''Upper German''' ([[German language|German]]: {{Audio|Oberdeutsch.ogg|{{lang|de|Oberdeutsch|nocat=y}}}}) is a variant of [[High German languages|High German dialects]]. {{europe-stub}} [[Category:German dialects]] [[Category:Languages of Germany]]