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Variety of Central German From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
East Central German or East Middle German (German: Ostmitteldeutsch) is the eastern Central German language and is part of High German. Present-day Standard German as a High German variant,[1] has actually developed from a compromise of East Central (especially Upper Saxon that was 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.
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East Central German | |
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East Middle German (German: Ostmitteldeutsch) | |
Geographic distribution | Thuringia, Saxony, Berlin, Brandenburg, Silesia |
Linguistic classification | Indo-European
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Subdivisions |
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Glottolog | east2832 (East Middle German) uppe1400 (Central East Middle German) |
German dialects after 1945 and the expulsions of the Germans from their eastern homelands
Thuringian (17)
North Upper Saxon (18)
South Märkisch (19)
Upper Saxon (20) |
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:[2]
The dialect area of Nordobersächsisch-Südmärkisch lies north of Upper-Saxon and north-western of Silesian, in the south it includes parts of Lusatia and in the north, depending on definition, it can include the region around Berlin. It consists of multiple sub-parts, where the switch to High German (from Low German or Sorbian) occurred at different times and under different conditions.[3][4][5][6]
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