of German was considerably reduced. Significant dialects such as the East Pomeranian dialect, most varieties of Silesian German, Prussian dialects and...
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Palatine German (Standard German: Pfälzisch, endonym: Pälzisch) is a group of Rhine Franconian dialects spoken in the Upper Rhine Valley, roughly in the...
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Low German has not undergone the High German consonant shift, as opposed to Standard High German, which is based on High German dialects. Low German evolved...
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rarely Alemannish (Alemannisch, [alɛˈman(ː)ɪʃ] ), is a group of High German dialects. The name derives from the ancient Germanic tribal confederation known...
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Standard German is based on a combination of Thuringian-Upper Saxon and Upper Franconian dialects, which are Central German and Upper German dialects belonging...
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The High German languages (German: hochdeutsche Mundarten, i.e. High German dialects), or simply High German (Hochdeutsch) – not to be confused with Standard...
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and Dresden. Austria High German (Hochdeutsch in Österreich, not to be confused with the Bavarian Austria German dialects) has the same geographic origin...
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dialects in other countries is restricted or even endangered. The dialects that comprise Swiss German must not be confused with Swiss Standard German...
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dialects, with locally varying degrees of influence of the initial dialects. Swabian can be difficult to understand for speakers of Standard German due...
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more widely understood than other dialects and as a Central German dialect, was felt to be "halfway" between the dialects of the north and south. Luther...
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which modern dialect maps are based. For this reason the dialects may be termed "monastery dialects" (German Klosterdialekte). The main dialects, with their...
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southern dialects experience the shift of voiced to voiceless stops, with the shift of /d/ to /t/ found in Upper German and in some Central German dialects, while...
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often spoken. Swiss Standard German differs from Swiss German, an umbrella term for the various Alemannic German dialects (in the sense of "traditional...
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The official language of Germany is German, with over 95 percent of the country speaking Standard German or a dialect of German as their first language...
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Linguistically, Yiddish is divided in distinct Eastern and Western dialects. While the Western dialects mostly died out in the 19th-century due to Jewish language...
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Walser German (German: Walserdeutsch) and Walliser German (Walliserdeutsch, locally Wallisertiitsch) are a group of Highest Alemannic dialects spoken...
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"Alsatian German"; Lorraine Franconian: Elsässerdeitsch; French: Alsacien; German: Elsässisch or Elsässerdeutsch) is the group of Alemannic German dialects spoken...
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Hessian (German: Hessisch) is a West Central German group of dialects of the German language in the central German state of Hesse. The dialect most similar...
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north-eastern Germany as well as by minorities in northern Poland. Together with West Low German dialects, it forms a dialect continuum of the Low German language...
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Bavarian language (redirect from Austro-Bavarian dialects)
000 sq mi), making it the largest of all German dialects. In 2008, 45 percent of Bavarians claimed to use only dialect in everyday communication. Bavarian...
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Christoph Gottsched) and East Franconian German. East Central German dialects are mainly spoken in Central Germany and parts of Brandenburg, and were formerly...
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the first ethnically German families settled in the United States in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1608, the German language, dialects, and different traditions...
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East Central dialects are the closest to Standard German (chiefly as a written language) among other German dialects. Modern Standard German thus evolved...
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rivers, Low German began to retreat in favour of High German dialects already during Late Medieval times (cf. Wittenberg whose name is Low German but whose...
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Texas German (German: Texasdeutsch, pronounced [ˈtɛksasˌdɔʏtʃ]) is a group of German language dialects spoken by descendants of mid-19th century German settlers...
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Upper German (German: Oberdeutsch [ˈoːbɐdɔʏtʃ] ) is a family of High German dialects spoken primarily in the southern German-speaking area (Sprachraum)...
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Georgian dialects German dialects Malayalam languages Varieties of Malay Connacht Irish, Munster Irish, Ulster Irish Italian dialects Japanese dialects Korean...
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there were also class-based dialects, or sociolects. For example, Schönbrunner Deutsch (Schönbrunn German), or German as spoken by the courtiers and...
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The Lusatian dialects (Standard German: Lausitzisch) are East Central German (High German) dialects spoken in southern Brandenburg and eastern Saxony....
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Charter. German dialects – some quite distinct from the standard language – are used in everyday speech, especially in rural regions. Many dialects, for example...
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