East Franconian

E20828

East Franconian is a High German dialect spoken primarily in parts of northern Bavaria, Thuringia, and Baden-Württemberg, forming a transitional variety between Upper and Central German dialects.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of East Franconian (East Franconian is a High German dialect spoken primarily in parts of northern Bavaria, Thuringia, and Baden-Württemberg, forming a transitional variety between Upper and Central German dialects.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German dialect ⓘ
High German dialect ⓘ
glottocode east2280 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian

Ostfränkisch ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
hasDialect Bamberg dialect ⓘ
Lower Franconian (East Franconian) dialects ⓘ
Nuremberg dialect ⓘ
South East Franconian dialects ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian

Upper Franconian dialects ⓘ
hasLexicalFeature regional vocabulary distinct from Standard German ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature distinct dative plural endings ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature diphthongization similar to Bavarian ⓘ
lenition of plosives in some positions ⓘ
ISO639-3Code vmf ⓘ
isTransitionalBetween Central German dialects ⓘ
Upper German dialects ⓘ
linked to: Upper German
languageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
West Germanic languages ⓘ
mutualIntelligibilityWith Standard German ⓘ
linked to: New High German

other Franconian dialects ⓘ
partOf German dialect continuum ⓘ
High German dialect continuum ⓘ
region southern Germany ⓘ
sharesFeatureWith Alemannic German ⓘ
East Central German ⓘ
Upper German ⓘ
spokenIn Ansbach region ⓘ
Baden-Württemberg ⓘ
Bamberg region ⓘ
linked to: Upper Franconia

Bavaria ⓘ
Bayreuth region ⓘ
Coburg region ⓘ
Franconia ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Hof region ⓘ
linked to: Coburg region

Lichtenfels region ⓘ
linked to: Lichtenfels

Lower Franconia ⓘ
Middle Franconia ⓘ
Nuremberg region ⓘ
Schweinfurt region ⓘ
Thuringia ⓘ
Thuringian-Franconian border area ⓘ
Upper Franconia ⓘ
Würzburg region ⓘ
northeastern Baden-Württemberg ⓘ
northern Bavaria ⓘ
southwestern Thuringia ⓘ
status primarily spoken language ⓘ
subclassOf Franconian dialects ⓘ
linked to: Rhenish Franconian

High Franconian ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian

West Germanic language variety ⓘ
undergoes High German consonant shift ⓘ
usesStandardLanguage Standard German ⓘ
linked to: New High German
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

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Referenced by (81)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old High German → majorDialect → East Franconian ⓘ
East Franconian → subclassOf → High Franconian ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
East Franconian → hasDialect → South East Franconian dialects ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
East Franconian → hasAlternativeName → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
East Franconian → hasAlternativeName → Ostfränkisch ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Fürth → regionalLanguage → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Upper Franconia → hasRegionalLanguage → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Lower Franconia → regionalLanguage → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Upper German → hasPart → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Erlangen → regionalDialect → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Franken → language → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Nuremberg metropolitan region → hasRegionalDialect → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Dettingen am Main → hasLocalDialect → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Upper Franconian dialects → partOf → East Franconian dialect continuum ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Bamberg dialect → subclassOf → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Nuremberg dialect → subclassOf → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Coburg region → regionalDialect → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Franconia → language → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Bamberg → localDialect → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Ansbach region → dialectRegionOf → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Central Germany → hasDialect → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Northern Bavaria → languageUsed → East Franconian German ⓘ
subject linked to: northern Bavaria
linked to: East Franconian
Franconian Jura → languageRegion → Franconian dialect area ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Ansbach → regionalLanguage → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Forchheim → localDialect → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Main-Spessart → usesLanguageVariety → East Franconian dialects ⓘ
subject linked to: Main-Spessart (district)
linked to: East Franconian
Schweinfurt (district) → hasLanguageVariety → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Hessian → isPartOfDialectContinuumWith → East Franconian ⓘ
South Franconian German → neighboringDialect → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Hof (Saale) → localDialect → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Kitzingen → localDialect → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Eltersdorf → localDialect → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Franconian German → hasDialect → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Schweinfurt → hasLocalDialect → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Kiliansdorf → hasRegionalLanguage → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Fichtelgebirge → languageRegion → Franconian dialect area ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Aischgrund → regionalDialect → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Landkreis Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim → regionalDialect → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Lauf an der Pegnitz → localDialect → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Mittelfranken → hasRegionalLanguage → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Hersbruck → localDialect → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Neuhaus an der Pegnitz → regionalLanguage → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Weikersheim → localDialect → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Neustadt bei Coburg → localDialect → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Königsberg in Franken → localDialect → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Forchtenberg → localDialect → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Geldersheim → languageVariety → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Werneck → locatedIn → Main-Franconian region ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Fahr am Main → regionalDialect → East Franconian German ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian
Euerbach → hasRegionalIdentity → Franconian ⓘ
linked to: East Franconian