Hessian

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Hessian is a West Central German dialect spoken primarily in the German state of Hesse and surrounding areas.

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Hessian canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German dialect
High German variety
West Central German dialect
hasDialect Central Hessian
Darmstadt dialect
East Hessian
Frankfurt dialect
linked to: Rhenish Franconian

Giessen dialect
Kassel dialect
Marburg dialect
North Hessian
Rhine-Main dialect
linked to: Rhenish Franconian

South Hessian
linked to: South Hesse

Wiesbaden dialect
hasEndonym Hessisch
hasFeature distinct vowel system compared to Standard German
frequent elision of final consonants in colloquial speech
lexical items not present in Standard German
monophthongization of Middle High German diphthongs in many areas
participation in High German consonant shift
reduction of unstressed syllables
use of diminutive suffix -che or -sche in some varieties
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
influencedBy French
Latin
Standard German
Yiddish
isPartOfDialectContinuumWith East Franconian
Kölsch
Low German
Moselle Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian

Palatine German
languageFamily German
mutualIntelligibility partially intelligible with Standard German
primaryCity Darmstadt
Frankfurt am Main
Kassel
Wiesbaden
region Central Germany
spokenIn Bavaria
Germany
Hesse
Lower Saxony
North Rhine-Westphalia
Rhineland-Palatinate
Thuringia
standardizationStatus not fully standardized
subgroupOf Rhenish Franconian
West Central German
usedIn everyday informal communication in Hesse

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