East Central German

East Central German
Ostmitteldeutsch
Geographic
distribution
Thuringia, Saxony, Berlin, Brandenburg
Linguistic classificationIndo-European
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologeast2832  (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: