High Franconian
High Franconian or Upper Franconian (German: Oberfränkisch) is a part of High German consisting of East Franconian and South Franconian. It is 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.[citation needed]
| High Franconian | |
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| Upper Franconian German: Oberfränkisch | |
| Geographic distribution | Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Thuringia, Saxony |
| Linguistic classification | Indo-European
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| Glottolog | uppe1464 (Upper Franconian) |
 Upper German dialects after 1945 1: East Franconian 2: South Franconian | |
High Franconian is transitional between Upper German and Central German but usually regarded as Upper German.[citation needed] It is disputed whether it makes sense to summarise East and South Franconian because both are different.
References
- Noble, Cecil A. M. (1983). Modern German Dialects. New York / Berne / Frankfort on the Main, Peter Lang, p. 119.
See also
- Franconian languages
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