(Swiss) German dialects are spoken languages and don't have a standardized spelling or orthography. This means that everyone can write dialectal words however they want. Depending on which variant of a dialect someone speaks, the French loanword salut /sa'ly/ "hello; goodbye" will sound more like /'saly/ or /'sali/ (note how the stress has moved from the second syllable in French to the first syllable in Swiss German). Swiss German speakers will render these sounds as <sal(l)i/ü/y>, according to the conventions of their community (e.g. WhatsApp group) or according to their personal preferences.
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