High Franconian German
High Franconian or Upper Franconian (German: Oberfränkisch) is a part of High German consisting of East Franconian and South Franconian.[1] It is part of the Franconian languages area, spoken southeast of the Rhine Franconian area. It is spoken in Germany around Karlsruhe, Nuremberg, Erlangen, Fürth, Bamberg, Heilbronn, Meiningen and Würzburg and a small area in France. It is disputed whether it makes sense to summarise East and South Franconian because both are different.
| High Franconian | |
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| Oberfränkisch | |
| Geographic distribution | Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Thuringia, Saxony |
| Linguistic classification | Indo-European
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| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | uppe1464 (Upper Franconian) |
 Upper German dialects after 1945, with High Franconian in red and purple
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High Franconian is transitional between Upper German and Central German but usually regarded as Upper German, with similarity to Yiddish.
References
- Noble, Cecil A. M. (1983). Modern German Dialects. New York / Berne / Frankfort on the Main, Peter Lang, p. 119.
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