Upper Saxon German

Upper Saxon
Upper Saxon
Obersächsisch
Native to	Germany
Region	Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia
Native speakers	(2 million cited 1998)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic High German Central German East Central German Upper Saxon; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sxu
Glottolog	uppe1465
	Central German dialects after 1945 Upper Saxon (8)

Upper Saxon (German: Obersächsisch, pronounced [ˈoːbɐˌzɛksɪʃ]; Upper Saxon: [ɵːb̥oˤˈsɛɡ̊sʃ]) is an dialect spoken in Saxony, southeastern Saxony-Anhalt, and eastern Thuringia. Though called "Saxon", it is not to be confused with Low Saxon. Upper Saxon is linked to the Thuringian dialect.

Subgroups

The subgroups for Upper Saxon German.

References

↑ Upper Saxon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[e18-1] Upper Saxon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

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