Central Hessian

E901552

Central Hessian is a group of West Central German dialects spoken primarily in the central part of the German state of Hesse.

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Label Occurrences
Central Hessian canonical 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German dialect
West Central German dialect group
regional dialect continuum
belongsToDialectArea Rhenish fan area NERFINISHED
country Germany NERFINISHED
hasMorphologicalFeature distinct pronoun forms compared to Standard German
hasNeighborDialect East Hessian NERFINISHED
North Hessian NERFINISHED
Rhine Franconian NERFINISHED
South Hessian NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature High German consonant shift NERFINISHED
monophthongization patterns distinct from Standard German
hasSociolinguisticStatus primarily spoken and informal
used in regional identity and culture
hasVariety Gießen dialect NERFINISHED
Marburg dialect NERFINISHED
Wetzlar dialect NERFINISHED
ISOStatus not assigned a separate ISO 639-3 code
languageFamily Germanic languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

West Germanic languages NERFINISHED
linguisticClassification High German > West Central German > Hessian > Central Hessian
mutualIntelligibility largely intelligible with other Hessian dialects
partially intelligible with Standard German
partOf German language dialect continuum
region central part of the German state of Hesse
spokenIn Germany NERFINISHED
Hesse NERFINISHED
spokenPrimarilyIn Gießen region NERFINISHED
Marburg region NERFINISHED
Wetzlar region NERFINISHED
central Hesse NERFINISHED
standardLanguage Standard German NERFINISHED
subclassOf Hessian dialects NERFINISHED
High German dialects NERFINISHED
West Central German NERFINISHED
usedIn folk music
local theater
regional literature
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Hessian hasDialect Central Hessian