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Lol, it's German. There is no Swiss language. We speak German, French, Italian and Romansch here.

(Spoken) Swiss German might as well be its own language. At least since we are already accepting Dutch being different from (Low) German.

Of course in this case, the write-up is in standard high German. Google Translate handles that just fine.

The problem there is that there is no standardization across all the Swiss German variations, for foreigners, this is an interesting comparison of 5 of these dialects:

https://youtu.be/nEAcepckl5U

Yes. I suppose the lack of standardization is a consequence of Swiss German not having a long history of cross-regional use in national media (be that print or radio or TV).

> We speak German

The Germans might see that a bit different than us ;) Jokes aside, the article was of course in German.

There are several localized Swiss dialects and there are some Swiss German formal written publications in these local Swiss dialects that other Alemannic German readers have trouble understanding.

Sorry! Genuine mistake, should've probably looked it up before posting :/

Suisse Dutsch might as well be its own language.

People who speak German regularly dont understand Swiss German as it is different.

Sure, but this was not Swiss German.

Same goes for Swiss from different regions. You know it's bad when they add German subtitles to a Swiss person talking Swiss German so other Swiss Germans understand it.

It may happen the same way with random Spanish speakers on the Chilean, Argentinian or the Murcian dialect if they are not exposed to them.

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