High German languages

High German dialects
Geographic distribution:	German-speaking Europe Central and southern Germany Austria and South Tyrol Liechtenstein Luxembourg Switzerland Belgium Alsace and Lorraine
Linguistic classification:	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic High German dialects
Subdivisions:	Yiddish Central German High Franconian German Upper German

The High German languages or High German dialects (German: hochdeutsche Mundartencode: de is deprecated ) is a variant of the Germanic languages. It is spoken south of the Benrath and Uerdingen 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), 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.

The present-day distribution of continental High German languages:     Central German dialects     Upper German dialects

High German Languages Media

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  German dialect area, defined as all West Germanic varieties using Standard German as their literary language:     Frisian*     Low Franconian*     Low Saxon or Low German*     Central German*     Upper German