The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: GCT
ISO 639-2: gem
| Population | No estimate available. |
| Alternate names | ALEMÁN COLONEIRO |
| Classification | Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Upper German, Alemannic. |
| Comments | Developed from the Alemannisch (Oberdeutsch) of 1843 under the influence of many other dialects of south Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Not intelligible with Standard German. Bilingualism in Spanish. Investigation needed: bilingual proficiency in Spanish. Newspapers. |
