In Switzerland's Graubunder canton, a tribe of people living high in the mountains -- retain the German dialect and customs of their ancestors. Grilled local mushrooms on bread, village of Tenna, ...

GRENCHEN, Switzerland (Reuters) - Swatch has published a version of its annual report in the Swiss-German dialect for which there is no standard written form, the latest act of rebellion from the ...

How do you like those Apfelüberrests? Cambridge researcher develops smartphone app to map Swiss-German dialects Researchers at the Universities of Cambridge, Zurich and Bern have developed a ...

Vol. 17, No. 4, Language Dissertation No. 34: Swiss German Dialect and Romance Patois (Oct. - Dec., 1941), pp. 3+8-75 (69 pages) Language, a journal of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), has ...

Anyone living here should at least be able to understand some of the language spoken around them. Here’s a short list of some typical and lovely expressions from the local dialect. Swiss German is an ...

SCUOL, Switzerland — Heading home in the afternoon shadows cast by the surrounding snow-clad peaks, schoolchildren throng the streets of this remote Alpine town, chattering in what sounds like Italian ...