Thuringian Dialect

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Thuringian is a Central German dialect group spoken in much of the modern German Free State of Thuringia. It is close to Upper Saxon German. Thuringian dialects are among the Central German dialects with the highest number of speakers.

[edit] Thuringian Dialects

There is a large variety in Thuringian dialects where influences of Saxon, Hessian and Franconian languages are mixed to different degree. The „Linguasphere Register“ (issue 1999/2000, pages 431-432) distinguishes Thuringian into twelve dialects:

• Central Thuringian (Erfurt-Sömmerda-Bad Langensalza-Gotha-Friedrichroda-Ilmenau)
• Ilm Thuringian (Königsee-Bad Blankenburg-Rudolstadt-Weimar-Jena-Apolda, Bad Bibra)
• Eichsfeld Dialect (Heilbad Heiligenstadt-Leinefelde-Worbis-Mühlhausen, Eschwege-Bad Sooden-Allendorf-Witzenhausen)
• Northern Thuringian (Nordhausen-Bad Frankenhausen-Sondershausen, Sangerhausen-Harzgerode-Stolberg (Harz), Bad Lauterberg-Bad Sachsa)
• Western Thuringian (Eisenach-Bad Liebenstein-Bad Salzungen-Ruhla)
• Northeastern Thuringian (Artern, Sachsen-Anhalt: Halle-Merseburg-Bernburg (Saale))
  • Mansfeld Dialect (Hettstedt-Mansfeld-Eisleben)
• Eastern Thuringian (Eisenberg-Altenburg, Zeitz-Naumburg (Saale)-Hohenmölsen)
• Southeastern Thuringian (Saalfeld/Saale-Gera (auch Gersche Feddgusche)-Greiz-Neustadt-Bad Lobenstein, Mühltroff-Elsterberg, Bayern: Ludwigsstadt-Teuschnitz)
• Anhalt Dialect (Sachsen-Anhalt: Dessau-Köthen-Bernburg (Saale)-Staßfurt-Aschersleben)
• Osterländ Dialect (Leipzig-Eilenburg-Torgau, Wittenberg-Bitterfeld-Wolfen-Jessen, Herzberg-Bad Liebenwerda-Elsterwerda): with strong Lower German influence form the 11. to 13. century
• Meißen Dialect or Upper Saxon (Sachsen): the Meißen Dialects had a strong influence on modern Standard German as they were the base for the German Kanzleisprache
  • Northern Meißen Dialect (Grimma-Döbeln-Riesa)
  • Northeastern Meißen Dialect (Lommatzsch-Großenhain)
  • Western Meißen Dialect (Mittweida-Rochlitz-Borna)
  • Southern Meißen Dialect (Oederan-Frankenberg-Hainichen-Freiberg)
  • Northeastern Meißen Dialect (Dippoldiswalde-Freiberg-Meißen-Radeburg-Pirna-Bad Schandau)
• Northern Bohemia Dialect (up to 1945 in the region of Tetschen-Aussig-Teplitz)

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