This inscription in Alsatian on a window in Eguisheim, Alsace, reads:
Dis Hausz sted in Godes Hand - God bewar es vor Feyru
("This house stands in God's hand - God beware it for fire")

Alsatian (French Alsacien, German Elsässisch) is a Low Alemannic German dialect spoken in Alsace, a region in eastern France which has passed between French and German control many times. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 370 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Alsatian language ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 370 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Alsatian language ... Inscriptions are words or letters written, engraved, painted, or otherwise traced on a surface and can appear in contexts both small and monumental. ... A window in Eguisheim, with an inscription in Alsatian Eguisheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin département of Alsace, France. ... Low Alemannic is a branch of Alemannic dialects and belongs to the German language, even though they are only partly intelligible to German speakers. ... Capital Strasbourg Land area¹ 8,280 km² Regional President Adrien Zeller (UMP) (since 1996) Population  - Jan. ...

Though not readily intelligible to speakers of standard German, it is closely related to other nearby Alemannic dialects, such as Swiss German, Swabian, and Badisch with French influences. It is often confused with the Frankish language, a more distantly related German Western Franconian dialect. Both are called alsacien in French. Alemannic German (Alemannisch) is a group of dialects of the Upper German branch of the Germanic language family. ... Swiss German (Schweizerdeutsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizerdütsch, Schwyzertütsch, Schwizertitsch) is any of the Alemannic dialects spoken in Switzerland. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Dialect of German spoken in Baden Germany. ... The Frankish language can refer to: Old Frankish, the language spoken by the Franks, a Germanic people active in the Roman era Low Franconian, the only linguistic subgroup containing modern variants of the Old Frankish language: Dutch and Afrikaans. ... The term Franconian refers to the Franks, which settled in Germany, France, and the Low Countries between the second and fourth century A.D.. Various languages and dialects that are supposed to have developed from the original langauge of the Franks have been given the name of Franconian, and linguists...

Many speakers write in standard German, although street names (formerly only in French, now bilingual in some places, especially Strasbourg) may use local spellings. City flag City coat of arms Coordinates : , Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) Administration Département Bas-Rhin (67) Région Alsace Mayor Fabienne Keller (UMP) (since 2001) Intercommunality Urban Community of Strasbourg City (commune) Characteristics Land Area 78. ...

As the constitution of the Fifth Republic states that French is the language of the Republic, no regional language is granted any official status in France. However, the French government has included Alsatian in the list of languages of France. The Fifth Republic is the fifth and current republican constitution of France, which was introduced on October 5, 1958. ... A regional language is a language spoken in a part of a country - it may be a small area, a federal state or province, or a wider area. ... There are a number of languages of France, although the French language is by far the most widely spoken and the only official language of the country. ...

Microsoft has announced an Alsatian version of Office 2007. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is an international computer technology corporation with 2005 global annual sales of US$42. ... Alsatian can refer to: A person from Alsace, France The Alsatian language A German Shepherd Dog This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 2007 Microsoft Office system, also known as Microsoft Office 2007, is Microsofts next release of its productivity suite, slated to replace Microsoft Office 2003. ...

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Alsatian language edition of Wikipedia

• Euromosaic - German in France - The status of German Languages in France.