[æl'seiʃ(ә)n] adj. (法国)阿尔萨斯(Alsace) 的, 阿尔萨斯人的 n. 阿尔萨斯人
alsatian
[ noun ]
a native or inhabitant of Alsace
<noun.person>
breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind
<noun.animal> [ adj ]
of or relating to or characteristic of Alsace or its inhabitants
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Alsatian \Al*sa"tian\, a. Pertaining to Alsatia.
Alsatian \Al*sa"tian\, n. An inhabitant of Alsatia or Alsace in Germany, or of Alsatia or White Friars (a resort of debtors and criminals) in London. ※ ||
Czech handlers for the 16 Alsatian dogs dressed up to look like wolves had to get their commands translated from English, and then instruct the dogs.
Alsatian is not a French dialect as implied here, but a German one, similar to Swiss German.
Hence the insistence that the Alsatian dialect is not actually German, only related to it.