East Central German — is the non Franconian sub group of Central German dialects, themselves part of High German: *Thuringian *Upper Saxon German *South Markish is a dialect of Berlin Brandenburg, whose best known form is the Berlinisch dialect of Berlin. The notable… … Wikipedia
South Franconian German — South Franconian ( Südfränkisch ) is a dialect which is spoken in Baden in Germany around Karlsruhe, Pforzheim and Rastatt. South Franconian has elements of central German and Upper German. The same goes only for East Franconian. South Franconian … Wikipedia
Franconian languages — [ 300px|right|thumb|The Franconian languages in Europe legend|#ffc684|Transitional Upper German dialects.] Franconian is a linguistic marker for a number of West Germanic languages and dialects spoken in the former core of the Frankish Empire:… … Wikipedia
German language — German Deutsch Pronunciation [ˈdɔʏtʃ] Spoken in Primarily in German speaking Europe, as a minority language and amongst the German diaspora worldwide … Wikipedia
German-speaking Community of Belgium — German speaking Community Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft (German) Communauté germanophone (French) Duitstalige Gemeenschap (Dutch) Community of Belgium … Wikipedia
German orthography — German orthography, although largely phonemic, shows many instances of spellings that are historic or analogic to other spellings rather than phonemic. Nevertheless, the pronunciation of almost every word can be derived from its spelling, once… … Wikipedia
German dialects — Distribution of the native speakers of major continental West Germanic dialects today[citation needed](Dialects of the following standard languages: Dutch, German and Frisian). The colours in this map do not reflect the actual relationship… … Wikipedia
West Central German — Geographic distribution: Rhineland Palatinate, Saarland, Hesse, North Rhine Westphalia, Lorraine, Deitscherei Linguistic classification: Indo European … Wikipedia
High German languages — Infobox Language family name=High German region=predominantly central and southern Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, northern and central Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Alsace and Bolzano Bozen familycolor=Indo European fam1=Indo European… … Wikipedia
Upper German — Infobox Language family name=Upper German region=Southern Germany, northern and central Switzerland, Austria, and northern Italy familycolor=Indo European fam1=Indo European fam2=Germanic fam3=West Germanic fam4=High German child1=Alemannic… … Wikipedia
