Editing Alemanni (section)

===Language===
[[File:Alemannic-Dialects-Map-English.png|thumb|The traditional distribution area of Western Upper German (Alemannic) dialect features in the 19th and 20th centuries]]

The German spoken today over the range of the former Alemanni is termed [[Alemannic German]], and is recognised among the subgroups of the [[High German languages]]. Alemannic runic inscriptions such as those on the [[Pforzen buckle]] are among the earliest testimonies of [[Old High German]]. The [[High German consonant shift]] is thought to have originated around the fifth century either in Alemannia or among the [[Lombards]]; before that, the dialect spoken by Alemannic tribes was little different from that of other West Germanic peoples.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://freya.theladyofthelabyrinth.com/?page_id=604|title=Alamanni/Alemanni (= Suebi/Suevi, Semnones) {{!}} Freyia Völundarhúsins|language=nb-NO|access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref>

''Alemannia'' lost its distinct jurisdictional identity when [[Charles Martel]] absorbed it into the Frankish empire, early in the eighth century. Today, ''Alemannic'' is a linguistic term, referring to [[Alemannic German]], encompassing the dialects of the southern two-thirds of [[Baden-Württemberg]] (German State), in western [[Bavaria]] (German State), in [[Vorarlberg]] (Austrian State), [[Swiss German]] in Switzerland and the [[Alsatian language]] of the [[Alsace]] (France).