Central German languages

E46249
West Germanic language group group of High German dialects

Central German languages are a group of High German dialects spoken primarily in central parts of Germany and neighboring regions, forming a key transitional zone between Upper and Low German varieties.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
West Central German 6
Central German 5
Central German dialects 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West Germanic language group ⓘ
group of High German dialects ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Low German ⓘ
Upper German ⓘ
geographicDistribution central parts of Germany and neighboring regions ⓘ
hasCharacteristic considerable internal dialect diversity ⓘ
form a dialect continuum ⓘ
serve as a linguistic transition zone in German-speaking Europe ⓘ
hasPart Central German languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: East Central German

Hessian ⓘ
High Prussian ⓘ
Kölsch ⓘ
Luxembourgish ⓘ
Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
surface form: Moselle Franconian

Palatine German ⓘ
Pennsylvania German ⓘ
Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
surface form: Ripuarian Franconian

Silesian language ⓘ
surface form: Silesian German

Central German languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thuringian

Upper Saxon ⓘ
Volga Germans ⓘ
surface form: Volga German

Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
surface form: West Central German
influenced Standard German phonology ⓘ
Standard German vocabulary ⓘ
languageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
partOf German language continuum ⓘ
West Germanic languages ⓘ
sharesFeatureWith High German consonant shift ⓘ
spokenIn Austria ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Czech Republic ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Luxembourg ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

central Germany ⓘ
standardVarietyOf German ⓘ
surface form: Standard German
subclassOf German dialects ⓘ
High German languages ⓘ
transitionalBetween Low German ⓘ
Upper German ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Luxembourgish → subgroup → Central German languages ⓘ
German → hasDialectGroup → Central German languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central German
East Franconian → partOf → Central German languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: High German dialect continuum
East Franconian → isTransitionalBetween → Central German languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central German dialects
East Franconian → sharesFeatureWith → Central German languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Central German
Rhenish Franconian → hasLinguisticFeature → Central German languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Central German vowel system
Central German languages → hasPart → Central German languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Central German
Central German languages → hasPart → Central German languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thuringian
Pennsylvania German → subgroup → Central German languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Central German
High German → hasPart → Central German languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central German
High German → includesDialectGroup → Central German languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Central German
High German → includesDialectGroup → Central German languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Central German
Upper German → distinguishedFrom → Central German languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central German
Middle High German → hasDialectGroup → Central German languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central German
Low Franconian languages → distinctFrom → Central German languages ⓘ
High German consonant shift → definesSubgroup → Central German languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central German
German dialect continuum → includesDialectGroup → Central German languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central German dialects
German dialect continuum → includesDialectGroup → Central German languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle German dialects
Ripuarian → subclassOf → Central German languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central German dialects
Ripuarian → partOf → Central German languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Central German
Colognian → subclassOf → Central German languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Central German
Palatine German → partOf → Central German languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Central German
Hessian → subgroupOf → Central German languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Central German
western Germany → hasDialectGroup → Central German languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Germany
this entity surface form: West Central German dialects
Early New High German → hasDialectContinuumWith → Central German languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central German dialects