Central Hessian

E901552

Central Hessian is a group of West Central German dialects spoken primarily in the central part of the German state of Hesse.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Central Hessian canonical 2
central Hesse 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German dialect ⓘ
West Central German dialect group ⓘ
regional dialect continuum ⓘ
belongsToDialectArea Rhenish fan area ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature distinct pronoun forms compared to Standard German ⓘ
hasNeighborDialect East Hessian ⓘ
North Hessian ⓘ
linked to: Nordhessen

Rhine Franconian ⓘ
linked to: Rhenish Franconian

South Hessian ⓘ
linked to: South Hesse
hasPhonologicalFeature High German consonant shift ⓘ
monophthongization patterns distinct from Standard German ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticStatus primarily spoken and informal ⓘ
used in regional identity and culture ⓘ
hasVariety Gießen dialect ⓘ
linked to: Giessen dialect

Marburg dialect ⓘ
linked to: Giessen dialect

Wetzlar dialect ⓘ
linked to: Giessen dialect
ISOStatus not assigned a separate ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
languageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
West Germanic languages ⓘ
linguisticClassification High German > West Central German > Hessian > Central Hessian ⓘ
mutualIntelligibility largely intelligible with other Hessian dialects ⓘ
partially intelligible with Standard German ⓘ
partOf German language dialect continuum ⓘ
region central part of the German state of Hesse ⓘ
spokenIn Germany ⓘ
Hesse ⓘ
spokenPrimarilyIn Gießen region ⓘ
linked to: Giessen district

Marburg region ⓘ
Wetzlar region ⓘ
linked to: Wetzlar district

central Hesse ⓘ
linked to: Central Hessian
standardLanguage Standard German ⓘ
subclassOf Hessian dialects ⓘ
linked to: Giessen dialect

High German dialects ⓘ
West Central German ⓘ
usedIn folk music ⓘ
local theater ⓘ
regional literature ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Hessian → hasDialect → Central Hessian ⓘ
Giessen dialect → hasDialectGroup → Central Hessian ⓘ
Central Hessian → spokenPrimarilyIn → central Hesse ⓘ
linked to: Central Hessian