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East Central German
Ostmitteldeutsch
Geographic
distribution
Thuringia, Saxony, Berlin, Brandenburg
Linguistic classificationIndo-European
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologeast2832  (East Middle German)
uppe1400  (Central East Middle German)
Central German dialects after 1945 and the expulsions of the Germans from their eastern homelands   Thuringian (7)   Upper Saxon (8)   Erzgebirgisch (9)   Lusatian (10)   South Marchian with Berlinian (11)

East Central German or East Middle 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 according to Glottolog:

Another division is:

  • Ostmitteldeutsch (East Middle German, East Central German)
    • Thüringisch (Thuringian)
      • Zentralthüringisch (Central Thuringian)
        • Westthüringisch (West Thuringian)
        • Ostthüringisch (East Thuringian)
      • Nordthüringisch (North Thuringian)
        • Honsteinisch
        • Sonderhäusisch
        • Eichsfeldisch
        • Südmansfeldisch
    • Obersächsisch (Upper Saxon)
      • Erzgebirgisch (Erzbergisch)
        • Westerzgebirgisch (West Erzbergisch)
        • Osterzgebirgisch (East Erzbergisch)
        • Vorerzgebirgisch (Vorerzbergisch)
      • Südmeißnisch (South Meißnisch), included in Erzgebirgisch or Meißnisch
      • Meißnisch
        • Südostmeißnisch (South-East Meißnisch)
        • Westmeißnisch (West Meißnisch)
        • Nordmeißnisch (North Meißnisch)
        • Nordostmeißnisch (North-East Meißnisch)
      • Nordobersächsisch (North Upper Saxon)
        • Osterländisch
        • Nordmansfeldisch
        • Fuhnisch
        • Dübenisch
    • Lausitzisch-Märkisch or Lausitzisch-Neumärkisch
      • Lausitzisch (Lausitzisch, literally Lusatian)
        • Oberlausitzisch (Upper Lausitzisch)
        • Neulausitzisch (New Lausitzisch)
        • Westlausitzisch (West Lausitzisch)
        • Ostlausitzisch (East Lausitzisch)
        • Niederlausitzisch (Low Lausitzisch)
      • Südmärkisch (South Märkisch)
      • Neumärkisch (New Märkisch)
    • Schlesisch (Silesian)
      • Gebirgsschlesisch (Mountain Silesian)
        • Löwenbergisch
        • Schweidnitzisch
        • Glatzisch
      • Südostschlesisch (South-East Silesian)
        • Oelsisch
        • Briegisch
        • Strehlisch
      • Mittelschlesisch (Middle Silesian, lit. Middle or Central Silesian)
      • Westschlesisch (West Silesian)
      • Neiderländisch
    • Böhmisch (Bohemian)
      • Ostegerländisch (East Egerländisch)
      • Nordwestböhmisch (North-West Bohemian)
      • Nordböhmisch (North Bohemian)
      • Nordostböhmisch (North-East Bohemian)
    • Nordmährisch (lit. North Moravian)
      • Oppaländisch
      • Kuhländisch
      • Zentralnordmährisch (lit. Central North Moravian)
    • Hochpreußisch (High Prussian)
      • Breslauisch
      • Oberländisch
        • Nordoberländisch (North Oberländisch)
        • Rosenbergisch

See also

References

  1. "Ethnologue: East Middle German". Retrieved 2010-11-24.
    "Ethnologue: East Middle German". Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "East Middle German". Glottolog 4.3.
  3. ^ Wolfgang Putschke:
    • Ostmitteldeutsch. In: Lexikon der Germanistischen Linguistik. Herausgegeben von Hans Peter Althaus, Helmut Henne, Herbert Ernst Wiegand. 2nd ed., Max Niemeyer Verlag Tübingen, 1980 (1st ed. 1973), here p. 474–477
    • Ostmitteldeutsche Dialektologie. In: Ludwig Erich Schmitt (ed.): Germanische Dialektologie. Festschrift für Walther Mitzka zum 80. Geburtstag. I. (Zeitschrift für Mundartforschung. Beihefte, Neue Folge 5.) Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, Wiesbaden 1968, p. 105–154, here p. 132 and 143
  4. ^ C. A. M. Noble: Modern German Dialects. Peter Lang, New York / Berne / Frankfort on the Main, p. 131
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