Dresden dialect
E901553
The Dresden dialect is a regional variety of German spoken in and around the city of Dresden, characterized by its distinctive phonetic and lexical features within the Upper Saxon dialect group.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dresden dialect canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German dialect
ⓘ
Upper Saxon dialect ⓘ regional dialect ⓘ |
| associatedWith | regional identity of Dresden ⓘ |
| basedOnStandard | Standard German orthography for written representations ⓘ |
| belongsToDialectContinuum | Upper Saxon–Thuringian dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Chemnitz dialect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leipzig dialect ⓘ |
| geographicCenter | city of Dresden ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Dresdner Dialekt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dresdner Mundart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeatureType |
lexical distinctiveness within Upper Saxon
ⓘ
phonetic distinctiveness within Upper Saxon ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeature |
regional vocabulary differing from Standard German
ⓘ
shared lexicon with other Upper Saxon dialects ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant realizations characteristic of Upper Saxon
ⓘ
distinctive vowel quality compared to Standard German ⓘ reduction of unstressed vowels ⓘ tendency toward monophthongization of certain diphthongs ⓘ |
| hasRegister | primarily spoken, informal register ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus |
non-standard variety of German
ⓘ
regional colloquial variety ⓘ |
| historicalDevelopment | developed from East Central German dialects ⓘ |
| influencedBy | urbanization of Dresden ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | dialectological studies of Upper Saxon ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Germanic languages
ⓘ
West Germanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| languageStandard | German language ⓘ |
| linguisticRegion | Saxon dialect area ⓘ |
| mutualIntelligibility | largely intelligible with Standard German for native speakers ⓘ |
| partOf | Upper Saxon dialect group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Dresden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elbe valley region around Dresden ⓘ Free State of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Central German dialect
ⓘ
East Central German dialect ⓘ |
| typicalOfCity | Dresden GENERATED ⓘ |
| usageTrend | declining use among younger speakers in favor of colloquial Standard German ⓘ |
| usedBy | local population of Dresden and surrounding area ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.