East Franconian

E20828

German dialect High German dialect

East Franconian is a High German dialect spoken primarily in parts of northern Bavaria, Thuringia, and Baden-Württemberg, forming a transitional variety between Upper and Central German dialects.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
East Franconian German	7
High Franconian	1
Ostfränkisch	1
South East Franconian dialects	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German dialect ⓘ High German dialect ⓘ
glottocode	east2280 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	East Franconian ⓘ surface form: East Franconian German East Franconian ⓘ surface form: Ostfränkisch
hasDialect	Bamberg dialect ⓘ Lower Franconian (East Franconian) dialects ⓘ Nuremberg dialect ⓘ East Franconian self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: South East Franconian dialects Upper Franconian dialects ⓘ
hasLexicalFeature	regional vocabulary distinct from Standard German ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	distinct dative plural endings ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	diphthongization similar to Bavarian ⓘ lenition of plosives in some positions ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	vmf ⓘ
isTransitionalBetween	Central German languages ⓘ surface form: Central German dialects Upper German ⓘ surface form: Upper German dialects
languageFamily	Germanic languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages West Germanic languages ⓘ
mutualIntelligibilityWith	New High German ⓘ surface form: Standard German other Franconian dialects ⓘ
partOf	German dialect continuum ⓘ Central German languages ⓘ surface form: High German dialect continuum
region	southern Germany ⓘ
sharesFeatureWith	Alemannic German ⓘ Central German languages ⓘ surface form: East Central German Upper German ⓘ
spokenIn	Ansbach region ⓘ Baden-Württemberg ⓘ Upper Franconia ⓘ surface form: Bamberg region Bavaria ⓘ Bayreuth region ⓘ Coburg region ⓘ Franconia ⓘ Germany ⓘ Coburg region ⓘ surface form: Hof region Lichtenfels ⓘ surface form: Lichtenfels region Lower Franconia ⓘ Middle Franconia ⓘ Nuremberg metropolitan region ⓘ surface form: Nuremberg region Schweinfurt region ⓘ Thuringia ⓘ Thuringian-Franconian border area ⓘ Upper Franconia ⓘ Würzburg region ⓘ northeastern Baden-Württemberg ⓘ northern Bavaria ⓘ southwestern Thuringia ⓘ
status	primarily spoken language ⓘ
subclassOf	Rhenish Franconian ⓘ surface form: Franconian dialects East Franconian self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: High Franconian West Germanic language variety ⓘ
undergoes	High German consonant shift ⓘ
usesStandardLanguage	New High German ⓘ surface form: Standard German
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ