Hessian dialects

Hessian
Hessian
Hessisch
Native to	Germany
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Weser-Rhine Germanic West Central German Rhenish Franconian Hessian; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Proto-Indo-European Proto-Germanic Frankish Old High Franconian Old Rhine Franconian ; ; ; ;
Dialects	North Hessian; East Hessian; Central Hessian; South Hessian;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	hess1238
	Central German dialects after 1945 (4): Hessian

Hessian (German: Hessisch) is a West Central German group of dialects of the German language in the central German state of Hesse. The dialect most similar to Hessian is Palatinate German (German: Pfälzisch) of the Rhine Franconian sub-family. However, the Hessian dialects have some features which set them somewhat apart from other West-Central German dialects.