Sentence:  Today, it is probably true to say that both varieties have positive prestige but for different reasons and to differing extents: attitudes to <WSD>Swiss German</WSD>, as the unifying vernacular that gives the German-Swiss their identity, are positive in every respect, while Swiss standard German enjoys widespread prestige only as a written form that enables them to be part of the international German-speaking community […]. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Any of a group of related Alemannic languages spoken in certain parts of South Germany, Switzerland and Austria, especially considered as the main spoken language of Switzerland.