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The Walser language, in German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 Walserdeutsch, is a group of Highest Alemannic
Highest Alemannic German

Highest Alemannic is a branch of Alemannic German and belongs to the German language, even though mutual intelligibility with Standard German and other non-Alemannic German dialects is very limited....
 dialects spoken in Walser
Walser

The Walser are German language-speaking people who live in the Alps of Swiss Alps, Italy, Liechtenstein and Austria. The Walser people are named after the Valais , the uppermost Rh?ne River valley....
 settlements in parts of Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein

The Principality of Liechtenstein is a Landlocked country#Doubly landlocked country alpine country microstate in Western Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and by Austria to the east....
, and Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
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It is possible to point out whether specific Walser dialects have originated in the Eastern dialects of the Wallis canton or in the Western dialects. Conservative Walser dialects are more similar to the respective groups of Walliser German
Walliser German

The Walliser German is a group of Highest Alemannic German dialects spoken in Switzerland, specifically in the German-speaking part of the Canton of Valais , in the uppermost Rh?ne River valley....
 dialects than to other Walser dialects.

Settlements that have been isolated within Romance
Romance languages

The Romance languages are a branch of the Indo-European languages comprising all the languages that descend from Latin language, the language of ancient Rome....
 regions have preserved a very archaic language.






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The Walser language, in German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 Walserdeutsch, is a group of Highest Alemannic
Highest Alemannic German

Highest Alemannic is a branch of Alemannic German and belongs to the German language, even though mutual intelligibility with Standard German and other non-Alemannic German dialects is very limited....
 dialects spoken in Walser
Walser

The Walser are German language-speaking people who live in the Alps of Swiss Alps, Italy, Liechtenstein and Austria. The Walser people are named after the Valais , the uppermost Rh?ne River valley....
 settlements in parts of Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein

The Principality of Liechtenstein is a Landlocked country#Doubly landlocked country alpine country microstate in Western Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and by Austria to the east....
, and Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
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It is possible to point out whether specific Walser dialects have originated in the Eastern dialects of the Wallis canton or in the Western dialects. Conservative Walser dialects are more similar to the respective groups of Walliser German
Walliser German

The Walliser German is a group of Highest Alemannic German dialects spoken in Switzerland, specifically in the German-speaking part of the Canton of Valais , in the uppermost Rh?ne River valley....
 dialects than to other Walser dialects.

Settlements that have been isolated within Romance
Romance languages

The Romance languages are a branch of the Indo-European languages comprising all the languages that descend from Latin language, the language of ancient Rome....
 regions have preserved a very archaic language. Settlements in German regions have linguistically assimilated to their neighbors, but these dialects still show certain similarities to the ones spoken in the Wallis.

The total number of speakers in all countries is reported to be 20,000 to 40,000, including 10,000 to 20,000 speakers in Switzerland, out of a population of 7.5 m (1980 C. Buchli), 3,400 in Italy (1978 Fazzini), 1,300 in Liechtenstein (1995 C. Buchli), and 5,000 to 10,000 in Austria (1995 C. Buchli). (Source: www.ethnologue.com)

distribution:
  • Bernese Oberland
    Bernese Oberland

    The Bernese Oberland is the higher part of the canton of Bern, Switzerland, in the south of the canton: The area around Lake Thun and Lake Brienz, and the valleys of the Bernese Alps ....
    : Lauterbrunnen
    Lauterbrunnen

    Lauterbrunnen is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Interlaken in the Cantons of Switzerland of Bern in Switzerland.The municipalities of Switzerland lies in the Lauterbrunnen Valley and comprises the villages Lauterbrunnen, Wengen, Switzerland, M?rren, Gimmelwald, Stechelberg and Isenfluh....
    , Mürren
    Mürren

    File:Muerren-01.jpgM?rren is a traditional Walser mountain village in Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, at an elevation of 1,650 m AMSL and unreachable by public road....
    , Planalp
  • Valais
    Valais

    The Valais is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland in the southwestern part of Switzerland, around the valley of the Rh?ne from its headwaters to Lake Geneva, separating the Pennine Alps from the Bernese Alps....
    : Simplon, Gondo (Zwischbergen
    Zwischbergen

    Zwischbergen is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Brig in the Cantons of Switzerland of Valais in Switzerland.The village of Gondo , on the Simplon Pass road, is located in the municipality....
    )
  • valleys in the Monte Rosa
    Monte Rosa

    The Monte Rosa Massif is a mountain massif located in the eastern part of the Pennine Alps. It is located between Switzerland and Italy . The Dufourspitze is the highest peak of the Monte Rosa Massif and at 4,634m is also the highest peak in Switzerland....
     massif:
    • Gressoney
      Gressoney

      Gressonney may refer to two villages and comuni in the Aosta Valley region of Italy:*Gressoney-La-Trinit?*Gressoney-Saint-Jeanand to:*Gressoney , the single commune into which they were united during the years 1928?46....
      : Gressoney-La Trinité, Gressoney-Saint-Jean, Issime
      Issime

      Issime is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy....
      , parts of the Val d'Ayas.
    • Vercelli
      Vercelli

      Vercelli is a city of about 44,500 inhabitants in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, around the year 600 BC....
       province: Alagna Valsesia
      Alagna Valsesia

      Alagna Valsesia is a comune and small village high in the Valsesia alpine valley in the province of Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy. It was originally settled by Walser....
      , Rima
      Rima

      Rima, also known as Rima the Jungle Girl, is a fictional character, a heroine of Victorian literature who was adapted as the star of short-lived comic book series Rima the Jungle Girl, published by DC Comics in 1974 and 1975....
       (Rima-San Giuseppe), Rimella
      Rimella

      Rimella is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italy region Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 70 km northwest of Vercelli....
      , Riva Valdobbia
      Riva Valdobbia

      Riva Valdobbia is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italy region Piedmont, located about 90 km north of Turin and about 70 km northwest of Vercelli....
    • Verbano-Cusio-Ossola province: Formazza
      Formazza

      Formazza is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italy region Piedmont, located about 160 km northeast of Turin and about 50 km north of Verbania, on the border with Switzerland....
      , Macugnaga
      Macugnaga

      Macugnaga is a mountain village at 1327 m altitude, in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the north of Piedmont region .It is placed at the base of Dufourspitze in the Monte Rosa Massif, along Anzasca valley, one of the seven valleys around the mount....
      , Salecchio, Ornavasso
      Ornavasso

      Ornavasso is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italy region Piedmont, located about 110 km northeast of Turin and about 11 km northwest of Verbania....
      , Miggiandone, Agàro
      Agaro

      Agaro is a town in southwestern Ethiopia, and the administrative center of Gomma woreda. Located in the Jimma Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of , and an elevation of 1560 meters above sea level....
      , Ausone, Campello-Monti
  • Canton of Grisons: Rheinwald, Obersaxen
    Obersaxen

    Obersaxen is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Surselva in the Switzerland Cantons of Switzerland of Graub?nden.It is spread out over a large plateau, and consists of over twenty small villages and farms....
    , Vals GR, Signina (Gemeinde Riein
    Riein

    Riein is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Surselva in the Cantons of Switzerland of Graub?nden in Switzerland....
    , Safiental, Tenna
    Tenna

    was a after Enpo and before Jokyo. This period spanned the years from 1681 through 1684. The reigning emperor was ....
    , Valendas
    Valendas

    Valendas is a municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Surselva in the Cantons of Switzerland of Graub?nden in Switzerland....
    , Versam
    Versam

    Versam is a municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Surselva in the Cantons of Switzerland of Graub?nden in Switzerland....
    , Tschappina
    Tschappina

    Tschappina is a municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Hinterrhein in the Switzerland Cantons of Switzerland of Graub?nden....
    , Avers, Mutten
    Mutten

    Mutten is a municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Albula in the Cantons of Switzerland of Graub?nden in Switzerland....
    , Schanfigg, upper Landwassertal, Davos
    Davos

    Davos is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Pr?ttigau/Davos in the cantons of Switzerland of Graub?nden, Switzerland.It is located on the Landwasser River, in the Swiss Alps, between the Plessur Range and Albula Range....
    , Prättigau
    Prättigau

    The Pr?ttigau Valley, in the canton of Graub?nden , Switzerland, is home to the world famous ski resorts of Klosters and neighbouring Davos in the Landwasser Valley....
  • Liechtenstein
    Liechtenstein

    The Principality of Liechtenstein is a Landlocked country#Doubly landlocked country alpine country microstate in Western Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and by Austria to the east....
     (probably settled from Prättigau): Triesenberg
    Triesenberg

    Triesenberg Commune is a village in Liechtenstein with a population of 2564, an area of 30 square kilometers, and an elevation of 884-1000 metres....
    , Planken
    Planken

    Planken is the least populated of Liechtenstein's municipalities. Its name is said to derive from a Latin language word for rising meadows. Its most notable structure is an eighteenth century chapel that was redesigned in 1955 under the supervision of architect Felix Schmid of Rapperswil....
  • Canton of St. Gall: Calfeisental, Taminatal
  • Vorarlberg
    Vorarlberg

    Vorarlberg is the westernmost and wealthiest States of Austria of Austria. Though it is the second smallest in terms of area , it borders three countries; Germany , Switzerland and Liechtenstein....
     and Tirol
    German Tyrol

    German Tyrol is a historical region in the Alps now divided between Austria and Italy. It includes largely ethnic German areas of historical County of Tyrol: the States of Austria of Tyrol and the Regions of Italy known as the Alto Adige/S?dtirol but not the largely Italian language-speaking Autonomous Province of Trento ....
    : Großes Walsertal, Kleines Walsertal
    Kleinwalsertal

    Kleinwalsertal is a part of Austria, but only accessible from the North, from Germany , thus its an Austrian "practical exclave" or "pene-exclave"....
    ; Tannberg, Schröcken
    Schröcken

    Schr?cken is an alpine town located in the Bregenz , Vorarlberg, Austria....
    , Lech
    Lech

    Lech can refer to:...
     and Warth
    Warth, Vorarlberg

    Warth is a municipality in the district of Bregenz in Vorarlberg in Austria....
    , parts of Steeg in Tirol, Galtür
    Galtür

    Galt?r is a village and ski resort in the upper Paznaun valley in Tyrol . Located in the Central Eastern Alps 35 km southwest of Landeck near the border of Vorarlberg and Switzerland, its population is about 878....
     and Ischgl
    Ischgl

    Ischgl is a small village in the Paznaun Valley in Tyrol . Its ski resort Silvretta Arena Ischgl-Samnaun is connected with the ski resort of Samnaun across the border in Switzerland....
     in the Paznauntal, Brand
    Brand, Vorarlberg

    Brand is a small valley-based village in Vorarlberg, Austria.A tourist resort in western Austria, Brand is about five kilometres north of the Swiss border and eight kilometers east of the border with the Principality of Liechtenstein....
    , Bürserberg
    Bürserberg

    B?rserberg is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in Vorarlberg, Austria....
    , Dünserberg
    Dünserberg

    D?nserberg is a municipality in the Feldkirch , Vorarlberg, Austria....
    , Ebnit, Laterns
    Laterns

    Laterns is a small municipality in the district of Feldkirch in Vorarlberg, Austria. We have used Laterns for the past 4 years for skiing . Good friends have a mountain retreat and we are able to visit them on a regular basis....
    ertal, Damüls
    Damüls

    Dam?ls is a municipality and popular tourism resort in the district of Bregenz in Vorarlberg, Austria. Dam?ls also holds the worldrecord of the municipality with the most anual snowfall - the average is 9,30 meters per year....
    , Silbertal
    Silbertal

    Silbertal is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in Vorarlberg, Austria....
  • Allgäu
    Allgäu

    Allg?u is a Germany region in the southwest of Bavaria also extending some kilometres into southeastern Baden-W?rttemberg. The region stretches from the prealpine lands up to the Alps....
    : Kleinwalsertal
    Kleinwalsertal

    Kleinwalsertal is a part of Austria, but only accessible from the North, from Germany , thus its an Austrian "practical exclave" or "pene-exclave"....


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