East Franconian ( German : Ostfränkisch [ˈɔstfʁɛŋkɪʃ] ), usually referred to as Franconian ( Fränkisch [ˈfʁɛŋkɪʃ] ) in German, is a dialect spoken in Franconia , the northern part of the federal state of Bavaria and other areas in Germany around Nuremberg , Bamberg , Coburg , Würzburg , Hof , Bayreuth , Meiningen , Bad Mergentheim , and Crailsheim . The major subgroups are Unterostfränkisch (spoken in Lower Franconia and southern Thuringia ), Oberostfränkisch (spoken in Upper and Middle Franconia ) and Südostfränkisch (spoken in some parts of Middle Franconia and Hohenlohe ).
3-594: In the transitional area between Rhine Franconian in the northwest and the Austro-Bavarian dialects in the southeast, East Franconian has elements of Central German and Upper German . The same goes only for South Franconian German in adjacent Baden-Württemberg . East Franconian is one of the German dialects with the highest number of speakers. The scope of East Franconian is disputed, because it overlaps with neighbouring dialects like Bavarian and Swabian in
6-566: Is a dialect chain of West Central German . It comprises the varieties of German spoken across the western regions of the states of Saarland , Rhineland-Palatinate , northwest Baden-Württemberg, and Hesse in Germany. It is also spoken in northeast France, in the eastern part of the département of Moselle in the Lorraine region, and in the north-west part of Bas-Rhin in Alsace . To
9-631: The south, Rhine Franconian in the west and Upper Saxon in the north. East Franconian is researched by the "Fränkisches Wörterbuch" project in Fürth, which is run by Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Erlangen-Nuremberg University. East Franconian is subdivided in multiple different ways. One view differentiates three major sub-dialects: Another view differentiates two major sub-dialects: A third view has: Rhine Franconian dialects Rhenish Franconian or Rhine Franconian ( German : Rheinfränkisch [ˈʁaɪnfʁɛnkɪʃ] )
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