Hessian
E260718
Hessian is a West Central German dialect spoken primarily in the German state of Hesse and surrounding areas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hessian canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German dialect
ⓘ
High German variety ⓘ West Central German dialect ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Central Hessian
ⓘ
Darmstadt dialect ⓘ East Hessian ⓘ Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
surface form:
Frankfurt dialect
Giessen dialect ⓘ Kassel dialect ⓘ Marburg dialect ⓘ Northern Hesse region ⓘ
surface form:
North Hessian
Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
surface form:
Rhine-Main dialect
South Hesse ⓘ
surface form:
South Hessian
Wiesbaden dialect ⓘ |
| hasEndonym | Hessisch ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
distinct vowel system compared to Standard German
ⓘ
frequent elision of final consonants in colloquial speech ⓘ lexical items not present in Standard German ⓘ monophthongization of Middle High German diphthongs in many areas ⓘ participation in High German consonant shift ⓘ reduction of unstressed syllables ⓘ use of diminutive suffix -che or -sche in some varieties ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| influencedBy |
French
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ Standard German ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ |
| isPartOfDialectContinuumWith |
East Franconian
ⓘ
Kölsch ⓘ Low German ⓘ Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
surface form:
Moselle Franconian
Palatine German ⓘ |
| languageFamily | German ⓘ |
| mutualIntelligibility | partially intelligible with Standard German ⓘ |
| primaryCity |
Darmstadt
ⓘ
Frankfurt am Main ⓘ Kassel ⓘ Wiesbaden ⓘ |
| region | Central Germany ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bavaria
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ Hesse ⓘ Lower Saxony ⓘ North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ Thuringia ⓘ |
| standardizationStatus | not fully standardized ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Rhenish Franconian
ⓘ
Central German languages ⓘ
surface form:
West Central German
|
| usedIn | everyday informal communication in Hesse ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.