Experience Swiss German Dialects!
Test your knowledge of Swiss German dialects: Where do people speak which dialect? Have dialect areas shifted or come closer together? And how can you quickly tell which dialect a person speaks?
Swiss German dialects are diverse. Swiss German dialects are changing. Swiss German dialects often are the cause for heated discussion. That’s what our research is all about. At Scientifica, you can explore dialects through multimedia tools at three interactive stations. Mark dialect areas on a map and compare your assessments with those of other visitors and with results of a recent dialect study. Listen to different dialects and try to guess where the speaker comes from. How did you recognize the speaker from Valais or from Basel? And finally test us in the dialect challenge: Let us locate your dialect and try the same with our smartphone app. Who will create the better dialect profile – man or machine?
