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Language: German, Swiss

Population of Groups Speaking

6,634,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

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People Group ▲	Country	Population	Progress Scale
Alsatian	France	1,612,000	3 ●
German Swiss	Austria	60,000	4 ●
German Swiss	Belgium	2,300	4 ●
German Swiss	Canada	28,000	4 ●
German Swiss	Denmark	2,600	4 ●
German Swiss	France	39,000	3 ●
German Swiss	Germany	34,000	4 ●
German Swiss	Greece	1,400	4 ●
German Swiss	Italy	7,800	4 ●
German Swiss	Liechtenstein	4,300	3 ●
German Swiss	Mexico	1,400	4 ●
German Swiss	Netherlands	2,400	4 ●
German Swiss	New Zealand	2,700	4 ●
German Swiss	Spain	15,000	4 ●
German Swiss	Sweden	3,100	4 ●
German Swiss	Switzerland	4,733,000	4 ●
German Swiss	United Kingdom	15,000	4 ●
Jewish, Swiss	Switzerland	19,000	0 ☀︎
Liechtensteiner	Liechtenstein	27,000	3 ●
Romani, Swiss	Switzerland	24,000	3 ●
Totals: 20			1 ●

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Progress Scale
	South Asian, general	Switzerland	77,000	1 ●
	Totals: 1			1 ●

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	gsw
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	New Testament
Progress Scale	●

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Language Alternate Names
Alemanic
Alemannic
Alemannisch
Alsacien
Appenzell
Bärndütsch
Bern (Bärndütsch)
Elsaessisch
Graubuenden-Grisons (Valserisch)
High Alemannisch (Hochalemannisch)
Hochalemannisch
Schweizerdeutsch
Schwizertitsch
Schwizertitsch Mundart
Schwytzertuetsch
Schwyzerdütsch
Upper Alemannic
Valserisch

Dialects
Alsatian
Appenzel
Appenzell
Basel
Bern
Graubuenden-Grisons
High Alemannisch
Low Alemannisch
Lucerne
Obwald
Saint Gallen
Swiss, Basel
Wallis
Zurich

Dialect Alternate Names
Alemannisch: Alsatian
Alemannisch: Appenzel
Alemannisch: Bern
Alemannisch: Graubenden-Grisons
Alemannisch: High Alemannisch
Alemannisch: Low Alemannisch
Alemannisch: Lucerne
Alemannisch: Obwald
Alemannisch: St. Gallen
Alemannisch: Wallis
Alemannisch: Zurich
Allemannisch
Alsacien
Alsatian
Appenzell
Barndutsch
Bärndütsch
Basel
Elsaessisch
German, Swiss, Basel
German, Swiss: Alsatian
German, Swiss: Appenzel
German, Swiss: Bern
German, Swiss: Graubuenden-Grisons
German, Swiss: High Alemannisch
German, Swiss: Low Alemannisch
German, Swiss: Lucerne
German, Swiss: Obwald
GErman, Swiss: Saint Gallen
German, Swiss: Wallis
German, Swiss: Zurich
German: Swiss: Basel
Hochalemannisch
Schwyzerdutsch
Schwyzerdutsch: Basel
Swiss German: Basel
Swiss: Basel
Valserisch

Bible Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1936-1986
New Testament	1984-1997
Complete Bible	None Reported

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Format ▲	Resource (Direct link)	Source (General link)
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching	Global Recordings Network

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

Disclaimers:

Joshua Project data is drawn from many sources and of varying accuracy depending on source and editorial decisions. Populations are scaled to the current year. Other data may have varying ages. We welcome updates.
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A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
Data is not as precise as it appears. Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some more accurate than others. We recommend against using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical to calculate absolute numbers.
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