- North Upper Saxon
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North Upper Saxon Spoken in Germany Region Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg Language family Indo-European- Germanic
- West Germanic
- High German
- Central German
- East Central German
- North Upper Saxon
- East Central German
- Central German
- High German
- West Germanic
Language codes ISO 639-3 – North Upper Saxon (German: Nordobersächsisch ) is a Central German dialect spoken in Eastern Germany. It borders to Upper Saxon German, Lausitzisch-Neumärkisch, Thuringian dialect and Brandenburgisch.[1][2]
It is spoken in an area around Leipzig, where Low German used to be spoken. It can be divided into Osterlandic, mansfeldische Dialektfläche, fuhnische Dialektfläche and dübener Dialektfläche. [3]
References
- ^ http://web.uni-marburg.de/sprache-in-hessen/flash/dt.swf
- ^ Ludwig Erich Schmitt (Hrsg.): Germanische Dialektologie. Franz Steiner, Wiesbaden 1968,p. 143
- ^ Ludwig Erich Schmitt (Hrsg.): Germanische Dialektologie. Franz Steiner, Wiesbaden 1968, S. 135-136
Modern Germanic languages and dialects North Germanic West ScandinavianEast ScandinavianWest Germanic Achterhooks • Drèents • East Frisian Low Saxon • Gronings • Low German • Plautdietsch • Sallaans • Stellingwarfs • Tweants • Veluws • WestphalianAlemán Coloniero • Alsatian • Austro-Bavarian • Main-Franconian • Cimbrian • Hutterite German • Mócheno • Swabian • Swiss German • WalserCategories:- Central German languages
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