German has uvular fricatives!

[pne]

Hm, up till now I thought that German /x/ was [x]... but after listening to this page, I'm convinced that it's actually [X] (and that my /r/ is [R], not [G]).

(Also, my attempts at rhotic trills seem to be closer to an [R\] (uvular trill) than to an [r] (alveolar trill). Heh. My trills suck, and I blame my frenulum.)

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Swiss German

[pne.livejournal.com]

Speaking of which - have you heard of the Chochichästli-Orakel (http://dialects.from.ch/)? It attempts to guess which part of Switzerland you are from, based on your pronunciation of a number of words.

How accurate is it for you?