Welche

Welche
Welche
Welsche
Native to	France
Region	Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin
Ethnicity	Welches
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Romance Italo-Western Western Romance Gallo-Romance Gallo-Rhaetian (possibly) Oïl Lorrain Welche; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Latin Vulgar Latin Proto-Romance Old Gallo-Romance Old French ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
	Map of dialects in Alsace. Welche is shown with the Lorrain-speaking area (orange)

Welche is a Gallo-Romance dialect of Lorrain that is spoken in Alsace. It is closely related to French by the Oïl group. Its varieties include those of Bruche, Villé, Lièpvre, Kaysersberg and Orbey.

The dialect is spoken in the Welche country of Alsace that is west of Haut-Rhin, especially in the Arrondissement of Ribeauvillé and in the extreme southwest of Bas-Rhin.