Upper German

Upper German
Oberdeutsch
Geographic distribution:	Southern Germany,northern and centralSwitzerland,Austria,Liechtenstein,Northern Italy(South Tyrol),France(Alsace)
Linguistic classification:	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Elbe Germanic High German Upper German
Subdivisions:	Alemannic Austro-Bavarian High Franconian
High Franconian: 1:East Franconian 2:South Franconian Alemannic: 3:Swabian German 4:Low Alemannic 5:HighandHighest Alemannic Bavarian: 6:Northern Bavarian 7:Central Bavarian 8:Southern Bavarian

Upper German(German:Oberdeutsch) is a variant ofHigh German dialects.