East Central German

East Central German
Ostmitteldeutsch
Geographic distribution	Thuringia, Saxony, Berlin, Brandenburg
Linguistic classification	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic High German Central German East Central German
Subdivisions	Thuringian Upper Saxon Erzgebirgisch Lausitzisch-Neumärkisch
Language codes
Glottolog	east2832  East Middle German uppe1400  Central East Middle German
Central German dialects after 1945 and the expulsions of the Germans from their eastern homelands   Thuringian (7)   Upper Saxon (8)   Erzgebirgisch (9)   Lusatian (10)   South Markish (11)

East Central German (German: Ostmitteldeutsch) is the variant of the Central German language. East Central German dialects are mainly spoken in Central Germany and parts of Brandenburg.

Dialects

The other dialects and subgroups of East Central German:

• Central East Central German
  • Thuringian
  • Upper Saxon German
  • High Prussian (nearly extinct)
  • South Markish dialects
• Schlesisch–Wilmesau
  • Silesian German (nearly extinct)
  • Wymysorys
• Yiddish

Related pages

• West Central German