North Upper Saxon
| North Upper Saxon | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Germany |
| Region | Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
North Upper Saxon (German: Nordobersächsisch ) is a Central German dialect spoken in Eastern Germany. It borders to Upper Saxon German, Lausitzisch-Neumärkisch, Thuringian dialect and Brandenburgisch.[1][2]
It is spoken in an area around Leipzig, where Low German used to be spoken. It can be divided into Osterlandic, mansfeldische Dialektfläche, fuhnische Dialektfläche and dübener Dialektfläche. [3]
References
- ↑ http://web.uni-marburg.de/sprache-in-hessen/flash/dt.swf
- ↑ Ludwig Erich Schmitt (Hrsg.): Germanische Dialektologie. Franz Steiner, Wiesbaden 1968,p. 143
- ↑ Ludwig Erich Schmitt (editor): Germanische Dialektologie. Franz Steiner, Wiesbaden 1968, p. 135-136
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