What is East Central German?
{{Infobox language family|name=East Central German|child3=[[Erzgebirgisch]]|map=Mitteldeutsche Mundarten.png|glottoname2=Central East Middle German|glotto2=uppe1400|glottoname=East Middle German|glotto=east2832|child4=[[Lusatian – New Marchian dialects|Lausitzisch-Neumärkisch]]|child2=[[Upper Saxon German|Upper Saxon]]|altname=''Ostmitteldeutsch''|child1=[[Thuringian dialect|Thuringian]]|fam5=[[Central German]]|fam4=[[High German languages|High German]]|fam3=[[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]]|fam2=[[Germanic languages|Germanic]]|familycolor=Indo-European|region=[[Thuringia]], [[Saxony]], [[Berlin]], [[Brandenburg]]|mapcaption=Central German dialects after 1945 and the [[Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950)|expulsions of the Germans from their eastern homelands]] {{legend|#2CA089|Thuringian (7)}} {{legend|olive|Upper Saxon (8)}} {{legend|#BCEE68|Erzgebirgisch (9)}} {{legend|coral|Lusatian (10)}} {{legend|#8B4513|[[:de:Südmärkischer Dialekt|South Markish]] (11)}}}} '''East Central German''' ({{lang-de|Ostmitteldeutsch}}) is the variant of the [[Central German]] language. East Central German dialects are mainly spoken in [[Central Germany (cultural area)|Central Germany]] and parts of [[Brandenburg]]. == Dialects == The other dialects and subgroups of East Central German: * Central East Central German ** [[Thuringian dialect|Thuringian]] ** [[Upper Saxon German]] ** [[High Prussian dialect|High Prussian]] (nearly extinct) ** [[Lusatian – New Marchian dialects|Lausitzisch-Neumärkisch]] *** ''Südmärkisch'' *** [[Low Lusatian German|Lower]] and [[Sorbian languages|Upper Lusatian]] * Schlesisch–Wilmesau ** [[Silesian German]] (nearly extinct) ** [[Wymysorys language|Wymysorys]] * [[Yiddish]] == Related pages == * [[West Central German]] {{europe-stub}} [[Category:German dialects]] [[Category:Languages of Germany]]