Walser

WAE

threatened

Alternate Names: Walscher

Dialects: None known. Reportedly similar to but different from Schwyzerdütsch , spoken in Wallis Canton in Switzerland. Different from Cimbrian ,, Mocheno ,, or Bavarian ,.

Genealogy:

Indo-European
Germanic
West
High German
German
Upper German
Alemannic

Demographics: 10,000 in Switzerland (2004). Population total all countries: 22,780. Ethnic population: 21,900 (1980 C. Buchli).

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Switzerland, Liechtenstein