How Many German Dialect Are There...?

Rolando   Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:24 am GMT
Exactly how many German dialect are there, I know in germany they speak high & low german, and in switzerland theres some//
Skippy   Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:09 pm GMT
I'm running out the door, so real fast I can think of the Alemannisch dialects, Frankish, Middle German (Saxon, etc.), Plaatdeutsch and that's it off the top of my head.

Then there's Pennsylvania Dutch and Texas German which are both considered separate dialects in their own right.
Guest   Fri Nov 02, 2007 3:42 pm GMT
I don't think one can really say how much dialects are there in a language like German. The items mentioned by Skippy are not dialects, but dialect groups. In a certain sense, every village may have it's own dialect.