East Franconian German
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| East Franconian | |
|---|---|
| Ostfränkisch | |
| Native to | Germany (Bavaria, Thuringia, Saxony),Baden-Württemberg,Hesse |
| Latin (German variant) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | gem |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
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 subgroup is Main-Franconian. 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.
In the transient 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.
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