Alsatian, known locally as Elsassisch, is the Alemannic Germanic variety traditionally spoken in Alsace, the region of north-eastern France that borders Germany and Switzerland. It belongs to the same dialect group as Swiss German and the speech of neighbouring Baden, and it is written in the Latin alphabet. French is the official language of the region, so Alsatian has no official status, though France counts it among its regional languages. The dialect picture varies: Low Alemannic covers most of Alsace, while districts near the Swiss border shade into High Alemannic. Estimates suggest several hundred thousand people still speak it, most of them older and bilingual in French. Everyday Alsatian also carries plenty of French loanwords picked up over the last century.
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