East Franconian German
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| East Franconian | |
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| Ostfränkisch | |
| Spoken in | Germany (Bavaria, Thuringia, Saxony, Baden-Württemberg, Hesse) |
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Indo-European
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| Writing system | Latin (German alphabet) |
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
| linguist List | goh-eas |
1: East Franconian
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East Franconian (Ostfränkisch) is a dialect which is spoken in northern Bavaria and other areas in Germany around Nuremberg, Bamberg, Coburg, Würzburg, Hof, Bayreuth, Bad Mergentheim, Crailsheim and Suhl. The major subgroups are Unterostfränkisch (spoken in Lower Franconia and southern Thuringia), Oberostfränkisch (spoken in Upper and Middle Franconia) and Südostfränkisch (spoken in some parts of Middle Franconia and Hohenlohe). The Vogtländisch and Erzgebirgisch dialects spoken in western Saxony (Vogtland and Ore Mountains region) around Plauen segue into Upper Saxon German. The language roughly overlaps with Franconia and southern Thuringia, being a transitional dialect.
In the transitional area between Rhine Franconian in the northwest and the Austro-Bavarian dialects in the southeast, East Franconian has elements of Central German and Upper German. The same goes only for South Franconian German in adjacent Baden-Württemberg. East Franconian is one of the German dialects with the highest number of speakers.
The scope of East Franconian is disputed, because it overlaps with neighbour dialects like Bavarian and Swabian in the south, and Upper Saxon and Rhine Franconian in the north.
[edit] See also
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East Franconian German test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator |
[edit] References
Some links in German language:
A high German - east franconian dictionary with sound files: http://franken-wiki.de/index.php/Kategorie:Fr%C3%A4nkisch-W%C3%B6rterbuch
East Franconian dictionary:
http://www.ostfraenkisches-woerterbuch.de/
linguistic atlas of Middle Franconia:
http://www.sprachatlas.phil.uni-erlangen.de/
linguistc atlas of Lower Franconia:
http://www.spr.germanistik.uni-wuerzburg.de/udi/seiten/suf.html
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