HAVE GERMAN WILL TRAVEL SPRACHE DEUTSCH / GERMAN language: die Sprache, die Sprachen dialect: die Mundart, die Mundarten der Dialekt, die Dialekte slang: die Umgangssprache, die Umgangssprachen die Sondersprache, die Sondersprachen MITTELDEUTSCH / MIDDLE GERMAN North Meissenish (NordmeiBnisch): The Middle German (Mitteldeutsch): Middle Ostmitteldeutsch Gemian divides into West Middle Gemian, region of Grimma-Dobeln-Riesa. with Rhine Franconian, to which Hessian Berhn-Brandenburgisch belongs, and East Middle German, with - Berlinisch Northeast Meissenish Thuringian, Upper Saxon, Lausitzian, ~nd (NordostmeiBnisch): A small region around formerly also Silesian. Mosel Franc~man Lausitzisch Lommatzsch-GroBenhain. and Ripuarian also belong to Middle Obersachsisch West Meissenish (WestmeiBnisch): West German. Meissenish, on both sides of the lower - Erzgebirgisch Zwickauer Mulde around Rochlitz, occupies Former Rhine Franconian or Hessian - Vogtland!sch an intermediate position between North (Ehemaliges Rheinfrankisch or Meissenish and South Meissenish on one Hessisch): The western part is taken up by Schlesisch side and Altenburgish ·on the other side. Rhine-Palatinian (the region around Mainz), - Hochpreuf3isch the eastern part by Hessian, and covers South Meissenish (SiidmeiBnisch): Lies ThUringisch approximately the Archbishopric of Mainz. in the region Oderan-Frankenberg­ Ostniederdeutsch Hainichen-Freiberg. A Rhine-Palatinian island persists on the Ostniederdeutsch lower Rhine in Lower Franconia, where Southeast Meissenish Palatines, who wanted to emigrate to join - Mecklenburgisch­ (SiidostmeiBnisch): Soutt,east their countrymen in America, settled at the Vorpommersch Meissenish, spoken in the region end of the 18th century. They come mostly - Markisch- Dippoldswalde-MeiBen-Radeburg-Bad from Simmern and Kreuznach. The Brandenburgisch Schandau, was influenced extensively by boundary region between Hessian and - NiederpreuBisch Dresden. It is identical in many Thuringian follows the watershed between circumstances with the former Silesian. the Werra and Fulda valleys over the High - Ostpommersch Meissen hills. - Plautdietsch Osterzgebirgisch: Represents a transition dialect between West Erzgebirgish and Middle Franconian (Mittelfrankisch): The Meissenish. entire Middle Franconian region is one of linguistic transition between Rhine West Erzgebirgish (Westerzgebirgisch); Franconian and Lower Franconian. Westmitteldeutsch West Erzgebirgish lies in front of the Hither Rhemfrankisch Erzgebirgish (with strong features of slang) Mosel Frankconian (Moselfrankisch): in the north in the region, while in the west it Mosel Franconian is spoken in the region - Hessisch borders on the Vogtlandish. of the old Electorate of Trier. - Kurpfalzisch Ripuarian (Ripuarisch): Ripuarian is the Lausitzian (Lausitzisch) and former region of the old Electorate of Cologne - Pfalzisch Silesian (Schlesisch) · (Kain). Mittelfrankisch West Lausitzian (Westlausitzlsch): East - Ripuarisch Thuringian (Thiiringisch): The so~the,:n of the upper course of the Pulsnitz and west linguistic boundary to East F!<3n_coman 1s - Kelsch of the so-called "New Lausitzian· spoken in formed by the ridge of the Thunngian forest. the Sorbian region lies the small backwater - Ocher Platt territory of West Lausitzian around Pulsnitz Central Thuringian (Zentralthi.iringisch): - Moselfrankisch and Kamenz.. Most strongly expressed in the Amstadt­ - Letzebuergesch Erfurt-Gotha triangle. Former Silesian (Schlesisch): North of the Lothringer Platt Riesengebirge (Giants' Mountains) in the ' Upper Saxon (Obersachsi~ch . (!T Saarlandisch region of Glatz, in eastern Bohemia, and in MeiBnisch: Also called Meissemsh, •! ts Kuhlandchen in the upper Oder area. marked by Thuringian and Hes~tan characteristics. Low Gennan, even Middle Lower Lausitzian (Niederfausitzisch) and Low Franconian (Flemish) eleme~ts Westniederdeutsch have influence in the north, while Fonner High Prussian (HochpreuBisch): characteristics of Main and East Niederfrankisch Lower Lausitzian and its neighboring Lower Franconianin appear in the south. Silesian overlap geographically with the Osterlandic (Osterlandisch): Ostlandic former High Prussian in central East Prussia extends north of around the Groitzsch­ and its neighboring West Prussia. Grimma-Strehla line in a wedge shape out past Leipzig to Lower Lusatia. .