Central German
Central German (German: mitteldeutsche Dialekte, mitteldeutsche Mundarten, Mitteldeutsch) is a variant of two subgroups, West Central German and East Central German. Central German is spoken in Berlin, Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf, and Frankfurt.
Central German | |
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Mitteldeutsch | |
Geographic distribution: | Western and Central Germany, southeastern Netherlands, eastern Belgium, Luxembourg and northeastern France |
Linguistic classification: | Indo-European
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Central German dialects
1: Ripuarian 2: Moselle Franconian 3: Luxembourgish 4: Hessian 5: Palatinate German 6: Lorraine Franconian 7: Thuringian 8: Upper Saxon 9: Erzgebirgisch 10: Lusatian-Silesian 11: South Marchian |