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Where to hear Swiss German online

To hear Schwyzertüütsch spoken with a Zürich accent, make sure you have the latest version of the RealAudio or Windows Media Player installed for your browser. Then enjoy Radio Zürisee or live via the Internet! Or study Unit 1 of Pimsleur's Swiss German course, which you can sample free of charge in RealAudio via a link in my review below.

Also, if you speak or read standard German (Hochdeutsch), you'll dozens of courses and books in Swiss German and specific regional dialects at Orell Füssli Buchhandlung, www.books.ch. Search on "Schweizerdeutsch," "Berndeutsch," "Baseldeutsch," etc. to find listings of books and other materials that you can order online. Here are several titles that I can personally recommend:

Los Emol, by Markus Müller and Lukas Wertenschlag.  (Orell Füssli lists only the workbook; what you really need is the complete 1984 language course with both the workbook and two audiocassettes.)

Schwyzertüütsch (Grüezi Mitenand), by Arthur Baur. (The language text and accompanying cassette are sold separately.)

Schweizerdeutsch für Alle, by Urs Dörig. This inexpensive paperback lists the 1,000 most widely-used words in Swiss German and has lists of numbers, times of day, etc.

Schwiizertüütsch - Schweizer Slang, by Isabelle Imhof. Volume 27 in the Kauderwelsch pocket-size paperback series has more than 1,500 useful words and phrases, plus a readable discussion of Swiss-German dialect and regional differences in the language.

Related information:

Pimsleur Swiss German Language Course switzerlandforvisitors.com
Now, for the first time, you can buy an audiocassette language course that will teach you the basics of Schwyzertüütsch. My review includes a link to the publisher's page and to a sample lesson in RealAudio..

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