East Central German
East Central German (German: Ostmitteldeutsch) is the variant of the Central German language. East Central German dialects are mainly spoken in Central Germany and parts of Brandenburg.
East Central German | |
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Ostmitteldeutsch | |
Geographic distribution: | Thuringia, Saxony, Berlin, Brandenburg |
Linguistic classification: | Indo-European
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Subdivisions: | |
Central German dialects after 1945 and the expulsions of the Germans from their eastern homelands
Thuringian (7) Upper Saxon (8) Erzgebirgisch (9) Lusatian (10) South Markish (11) |
Dialects
The other dialects and subgroups of East Central German:
- Central East Central German
- Thuringian
- Upper Saxon German
- High Prussian (nearly extinct)
- Lausitzisch-Neumärkisch
- Südmärkisch
- Lower and Upper Lusatian
- Schlesisch–Wilmesau
- Silesian German (nearly extinct)
- Wymysorys
- Yiddish