East Central German

East Central German
East Middle German (German: Ostmitteldeutsch)
Geographic
distribution
Thuringia, Saxony, Berlin, Brandenburg, Silesia
Linguistic classificationIndo-European
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologeast2832  (East Middle German)
uppe1400  (Central East Middle German)
German dialects after 1945 and the expulsions of the Germans from their eastern homelands
  Thuringian (17)
  North Upper Saxon (18)
  South Märkisch (19)
  Upper Saxon (20)

East Central German or East Middle German (German: Ostmitteldeutsch) is the eastern Central German language and is part of High German. Present-day Standard German as a High German variant,[1] has actually developed from a compromise of East Central (especially Upper Saxon that was promoted by Johann Christoph Gottsched) and East Franconian German. East Central German dialects are mainly spoken in Central Germany and parts of Brandenburg, and were formerly also spoken in Silesia and Bohemia.

  1. ^ "Ethnologue: East Middle German". Retrieved 2010-11-24.
    "Ethnologue: East Middle German". Retrieved 2021-09-27.