Editing Alsatian dialect (section)

{{short description|Alemannic German dialect spoken in Alsace}}
{{redirect|Alsacien|the German wine grape that is also known as Alsacien|Elbling}}
{{Distinguish|Lorraine Franconian}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Alsatian
| nativename       = ''Elsässisch'', ''Elsässerditsch''
| states           = [[France]]
| region           = [[Alsace]]
| speakers         = 900,000
| date             = 2013
| ref              = e19
| familycolor      = Indo-European
| fam2             = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]]
| fam3             = [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]]
| fam4             = [[High German]]
| fam5             = [[Upper German]]
| fam6             = [[Alemannic German]]
| fam7             = [[Low Alemannic German]]
| fam8             = [[Upper Rhenish]]
| minority         = {{FRA|France}}
| agency           = ''No official regulation''<br /><small>''Officially promoted through the ''''Office pour la Langue et les Cultures d’Alsace et de Moselle (OLCA)'''' (Office for the language and cultures of Alsace and Moselle), funded by the [[Grand Est]] region (formerly the [[Alsace]] region), and the departmental councils of [[Bas-Rhin]] and [[Haut-Rhin]].''</small>
| iso2             = gsw
| iso3             = gsw
| iso3comment      = (with [[Swiss German]])
| ietf             = {{wikidata|property|references|P305}}
| glotto           = swis1247
| glottoname       = Central Alemannic
| map              = Linguistic_Map_of_Alsace.svg
| mapscale         = 1.25
| mapcaption       = Linguistic map of Alsace
| notice           = IPA
}}
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'''Alsatian''' ({{langx|gsw-FR|Elsässisch|links=no}} or {{lang|gsw|Elsässerditsch}} "Alsatian German"; [[Lorraine Franconian]]: ''Elsässerdeitsch''; {{langx|fr|Alsacien}}; {{langx|de|Elsässisch}} or {{lang|de|Elsässerdeutsch}}) is the group of [[Alemannic German]] dialects spoken in most of [[Alsace]], a formerly disputed region in eastern France that has passed between French and German control five times since 1681.