High Franconian German

High Franconian
Upper Franconian
German: Oberfränkisch
Geographic
distribution		Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Thuringia, Saxony
Linguistic classificationIndo-European
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologuppe1464  (Upper Franconian)
Upper German dialects after 1945
  1: East Franconian
  2: South Franconian

High Franconian or Upper Franconian (German: Oberfränkisch) is a part of High German consisting of East Franconian and South Franconian.[1] It is spoken southeast of the Rhine Franconian area. It is spoken in Germany around Karlsruhe, Nuremberg, Erlangen, Fürth, Bamberg, Heilbronn, Meiningen and Würzburg and a small area in France.

High Franconian is transitional between Upper German and Central German but usually regarded as Upper German. It is disputed whether it makes sense to summarise East and South Franconian because both are different.

References

  1. ^ Noble, Cecil A. M. (1983). Modern German Dialects. New York / Berne / Frankfort on the Main, Peter Lang, p. 119.

See also

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