| Revision as of 17:33, 14 November 2020 editAustronesier (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers26,187 edits keep it simple← Previous edit | Revision as of 03:43, 2 December 2020 edit undoDrmccreedy (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users, Template editors25,740 edits Create standalone reference in preparation for removal of automatic Glottolog references.Next edit → | ||
| Line 29: | Line 29: | ||
| ==Dialects== | ==Dialects== | ||
| East Central German is spoken in large parts of what is today known as the cultural area of ] (''Mitteldeutschland''). It comprises:<ref |
East Central German is spoken in large parts of what is today known as the cultural area of ] (''Mitteldeutschland''). It comprises:<ref>{{cite web| editor-last1= Hammarström| editor-first1 = Harald| editor-last2 = Forke| editor-first2 = Robert| editor-last3 = Haspelmath| editor-first3 = Martin| editor-last4 = Bank| editor-first4 = Sebastian| year = 2020|title = East Middle German | work = ] 4.3| url = https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/east2832}}</ref> | ||
| * Central East Central German | * Central East Central German | ||
| ** ] (''Thüringisch'') | ** ] (''Thüringisch'') | ||
Revision as of 03:43, 2 December 2020
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "East Central German" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| East Central German | |
|---|---|
| Ostmitteldeutsch | |
| Geographic distribution | Thuringia, Saxony, Berlin, Brandenburg |
| Linguistic classification | Indo-European
|
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | east2832 (East Middle German)uppe1400 (Central East Middle German) |
 Central German dialects
Thuringian (7)
Upper Saxon (8)
Erzgebirgisch (9)
Lusatian (10)
South Markish (11) | |
East Central German (Template:Lang-de) is the eastern, non-Franconian Central German language, part of High German. Present-day Standard German as a High German variant has actually developed from a compromise of East Central (especially Upper Saxon promoted by Johann Christoph Gottsched) and East Franconian German. East Central German dialects are mainly spoken in Central Germany and parts of Brandenburg, and were formerly also spoken in Silesia and Bohemia.
Dialects
East Central German is spoken in large parts of what is today known as the cultural area of Central Germany (Mitteldeutschland). It comprises:
- Central East Central German
- Thuringian (Thüringisch)
- Upper Saxon German (Obersächsisch)
- High Prussian (Hochpreußisch) (nearly extinct)
- Lausitzisch-Neumärkisch, as distinct from Low German Brandenburgish
- Südmärkisch
- Lower and Upper Lusatian (Lausitzisch)
- Schlesisch–Wilmesau
- Silesian German (Schlesisch) (nearly extinct)
- Wymysorys
- Yiddish
See also
Further reading
- Keller, R. E. (1960) German Dialects: phonology and morphology. Manchester University Press.
References
- "Ethnologue: East Middle German". Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "East Middle German". Glottolog 4.3.