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High Franconian or Upper Franconian (‹See Tfd›German: Oberfränkisch) is a part of High German consisting of East Franconian and South Franconian.[1] It is spoken southeast of the Rhine Franconian area. It is spoken in Germany around Karlsruhe, Nuremberg, Erlangen, Fürth, Bamberg, Heilbronn, Meiningen and Würzburg and a small area in France.[citation needed]

High Franconian
Upper Franconian (‹See Tfd›German: Oberfränkisch)
Geographic
distribution
Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Thuringia, Saxony
Linguistic classificationIndo-European
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologuppe1464  (Upper Franconian)

Upper German dialects after 1945, with High Franconian in red and purple

High Franconian is transitional between Upper German and Central German but usually regarded as Upper German.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Noble, Cecil A. M. (1983). Modern German Dialects. New York / Berne / Frankfort on the Main, Peter Lang, p. 119.