Context: The German dialects show a wide spectrum of variation. Most of them are not mutually intelligible. German dialectology traditionally names the major dialect groups after Germanic tribes from which they were assumed to have descended.[citation needed]

Question: After what entities are German dialects traditionally named?
Answer: Germanic tribes

Question: What do the German dialects show on a narrow spectrum?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What type of relationship do most German dialects have?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: After who does German dialectology name minor dialect groups after?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: It is assumed Germanic tribes descended from what?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What type of dialects show have a narrow range of variation?
Answer: Unanswerable