High Franconian German

High Franconian
High Franconian
Oberfränkisch
Geographic; distribution	Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Thuringia, Saxony
Linguistic classification	Indo-European Germanic West Elbe Germanic High German Upper German High Franconian; ; ; ; ; ;
Subdivisions	East Franconian; South Franconian;
Glottolog	uppe1464 (Upper Franconian)
	Upper German dialects after 1945, with High Franconian in red and purple 1: East Franconian 2: South Franconian

High Franconian or Upper Franconian (German: Oberfränkisch) is a part of High German consisting of East Franconian and South Franconian.^[1] 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. It is disputed whether it makes sense to summarise East and South Franconian because both are different.^{[citation needed]}

High Franconian is transitional between Upper German and Central German but usually regarded as Upper German, with similarity to Yiddish.^{[citation needed]}

References[edit]

^ Noble, Cecil A. M. (1983). Modern German Dialects. New York / Berne / Frankfort on the Main, Peter Lang, p. 119.