The German dialects show a wide spectrum of variation. Most of them are not mutually intelligible. German dialectology traditionally names the major dialect groups after Germanic tribes from which they were assumed to have descended.[citation needed]
జర్మన్ మాండలికాలు సాంప్రదాయకంగా ఏ మూలకాల నుండి పిలువబడుతున్నాయి?
Germanic tribes