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| Maybe there isn't A written version. But if people in such-and-such town DO write down things in THEIR Swiss-German, that makes it easier for outsiders (and by "outsiders" I mean fellow Swiss in neighbouring Cantons) to learn it. | |
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People write out the way their own dialect sounds, and not everyone writes the same dialect the same way, but they understand each other quite enough that standardization isn't necessary. Few (if any) Swiss are interested in learning another dialect, whether written or otherwise, any more than a Scot really wants to learn to speak "English" like a Texan. It just isn't done.