(1936–1972), songwriter (Bernese dialect) Traugott Meyer (1895–1959), (Basel-Landschaft dialect) Gall Morel (1803–1872), (Schwyz German of Iberg) Viktor Schobinger (born 1934), and a lot of other Züri Krimi (Zurich dialect) Caspar Streiff (1853–1917), (Glarus dialect) Jakob Stutz (1801–1877), (Zurich Oberland dialect) Rudolf von Tavel (1866–1934), (Bernese dialect) Alfred Tobler (1845–1923), (Appenzell dialect) Johann Martin Usteri (1763–1827), (Zurich German) Hans Valär (1871–1947), (Graubünden Walser dialect of Davos) Bernhard Wyss (1833–1889), (Solothurn dialect) Parts of the Bible were translated in different Swiss German dialects, e.g.: (Bernese New Testament, translated by Hans and Ruth Bietenhard, 1989) (parts of the Old Testament in Bernese dialect, translated by Hans and Ruth Bietenhard, 1990) (Psalms in Bernese dialect, translated by Hans, Ruth and Benedikt Bietenhard, 1994) (Zurich German New Testament, translated by Emil Weber, 1997) (Psalms in Zurich German, translated by Josua Boesch, 1990) (parts of the Old and the New Testament in Basel dialect, 1981) (Gospel of Mark in Lucerne dialect, translated by Walter Haas, 1988) (Gospel of Mark in the Obwalden dialect, translated by Karl Imfeld, 1979) See also Argentinien-schwyzertütsch dialect Swiss French Swiss Italian Swiss Standard German Linguistic geography of Switzerland Notes References Bibliography Albert Bachmann (ed.), Beiträge zur schweizerdeutschen Grammatik (BSG), 20 vols., Frauenfeld: Huber, 1919–1941. Rudolf Hotzenköcherle (ed.), Beiträge zur schweizerdeutschen Mundartforschung (BSM), 24 vols., Frauenfeld: Huber, 1949–1982. Rudolf Hotzenköcherle, Robert Schläpfer, Rudolf Trüb (ed.), Sprachatlas der deutschen Schweiz. Bern/Tübingen: Francke, 1962–1997, vol. 1–8. – Helen Christen, Elvira Glaser, Matthias Friedli (ed.), Kleiner Sprachatlas der deutschen Schweiz. Frauenfeld: Huber, 2010 (and later editions), . Verein für das Schweizerdeutsche Wörterbuch (ed.), Schweizerisches Idiotikon: Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache. Frauenfeld: Huber; Basel: Schwabe, 17 vols. (16 complete), 1881–, . External links Chochichästli-Orakel – choose the Swiss German words you would normally use and see how well this matches the dialect of your area. Dialekt.ch a site with sound samples from different dialects. Schweizerisches Idiotikon The homepage of the Swiss national dictionary. One poem in 29 Swiss dialects Zürich's Swiss German morphology and lexicon Alemannic German language Upper German languages German dialects Languages of Switzerland Diglossia