What is High Franconian German?
{{Infobox language family |name = High Franconian |altname = Oberfränkisch |region = [[Bavaria]], [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Thuringia]], [[Saxony]] |familycolor = Indo-European |fam2 = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] |fam3 = [[West Germanic languages|West]] |fam4 = [[Elbe Germanic|Irminonic]] |fam5 = [[High German languages]] |child1 = [[East Franconian German|East Franconian]] |child2 = [[South Franconian German|South Franconian]] |glotto = uppe1464 |glottorefname = Ostfränkisch |glottoname = equivalent to East Franconian |map = Oberdeutsche Mundarten.png |mapcaption = Upper German dialects after 1945, with High Franconian in red and purple {{Legend|#EE3B3B|1: [[East Franconian German|East Franconian]]}} {{Legend|#8B1C62|2: [[South Franconian German|South Franconian]]}} }}'''High Franconian''' '''German''' ({{lang-de|Oberfränkisch}}) is a variant of High German consisting of [[East Franconian German|East Franconian]] and [[South Franconian German|South Franconian]].<ref>Noble, Cecil A. M. (1983). ''Modern German Dialects.'' New York / Berne / Frankfort on the Main, Peter Lang, p. 119.</ref> It is part of the Franconian languages area. It is spoken southeast of the Rhine Franconian area. It is spoken in Germany around [[Karlsruhe]], [[Erlangen]], [[Fürth]], [[Heilbronn]] and [[Würzburg]] and a small area in [[France]]. == references == <references /> {{europe-stub}} [[Category:German dialects]] [[Category:Languages of Germany]] [[Category:Bavaria]]