Upper Saxon German

Upper Saxon
Upper Saxon
Obersächsisch
Native to	Germany
Region	Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia
Native speakers	2 million (1998)e18
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic High German Central German East Central German Upper Saxon; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sxu
	Central German dialects after 1945 Upper Saxon (8)
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Upper Saxon (German: Obersächsisch, pronounced [ˈoːbɐˌzɛksɪʃ]; Upper Saxon: [ɵːb̥oˤˈsɛɡ̊sʃ]) is an dialect spoken in Saxony, southeastern Saxony-Anhalt, and eastern Thuringia. Though called "Saxon", it is not to be confused with Low Saxon. Upper Saxon is linked to the Thuringian dialect.

Subgroups

The subgroups for Upper Saxon German.

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