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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

If former President Barack Obama can invent the Austrian language, then Sen. Cory Booker can invent the Swiss one. Mr. Booker’s awkward exchange on the campaign trail with a radio reporter in Cedar ...

This paper presents evidence for two claims: (a) that the underlying contrast between stops in Swiss German dialects is based purely on quantity and (b) that the duration of the stop closure is its ...

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 ...

When it comes to the mastery of the English language, there is a wide gap among the French and German speaking parts of ...