Contrasting the abovementioned two Bergish groups, Ripuarian Bergish languages belong to the Middle German group, and thus are High German varieties, together with e.g. Austro-Bavarian, and Swiss German, among many others.
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As opposed to linguists, laymen usually call their local Low Bergisch variety simply Bergish or Platt; they do not distinguish between the dialect groups, when talking about local languages.