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Linguistic classification: Indo-EuropeanGermanicWest GermanicHigh GermanCentral GermanEast Central German Subdivisions: ThuringianUpper SaxonErzgebirgischLausitzisch-neumärkisch |
East Central German (German: Ostmitteldeutsche Dialekte) is the eastern, non-Franconian sub-group of Central German dialects, themselves 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:
and further:
References
East Central German Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA