although the name suggests that they are located in the bernese oberland region of the canton of bern , portions of the bernese alps are in the adjacent cantons of valais , lucerne , obwalden , fribourg and vaud .. This sentence is hard to understand. A simpler version with equivalent meaning is the following:
the name suggests that they are located in the Bernese Oberland region of the canton of Bern . however , portions of the Bernese Alps are in the adjacent cantons of Valais , Lucerne , Obwalden , Fribourg and Vaud .