Key:name:gsw

Name:gsw is for enrolling the placenames that are spelled in the Alemannic language. "gsw", a ISO639-2 reference, stands for German South West

The traditional area of Alemannic tongues is composed of :

• South-West of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik von Deustchland). Namely, most of the Baden-Württemberg Land
• North-West of the Helvetic Confederation (aka Switzerland), This part of the Alemannic language is often named the German Deutsch.
• Most of the Alsace subregion (départements of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin) in the French Republic, generally known as the Alsatian language.

Language known under names Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian

Maps in Swiss German / Alsatian

Note: this tag is used almost only in Switzerland.

• Wikimedia Maps (wikimedia.org)
• Wikimedia Maps (toolforge.org)
• OpenStreetMap Americana

Examples

• 

  Bilingual sign in French and Allemanic
  35670109 35670109
  name=Rue d'Illzach
  name:fr=Rue d'Illzach
  name:gsw=Ellziger Stross

See also

• Multilingual names
• Names – about names in general, especially Names#Localization