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	East Franconian German - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		East Franconian (Ostfränkisch) is a dialect which is spoken in Bavaria and other areas in Germany around Bamberg, Würzburg and Bayreuth.
		East Franconian is one of the German dialects with the highest number of speakers.
		The scope of East Franconian is disputed, mainly in its extent in Eastern Germany and whether Nuremberg, the second-largest city of Bavaria is to be included.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/East_Franconian_German (132 words)

	GERMAN LANGUAGE - LoveToKnow Article on GERMAN LANGUAGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The High Franconian dialects, that is to say, east and south (or south-Rheriish) Franconian, which are separated broadly speaking by the river Neckar, comprise the language spoken in a part of Baden, the dialects of the Main valley from Wurzburg upwards to Bamberg, the dialect of Nuremberg and probably of the Vogtland (Plauen) and Egerland.
		During the older historical period the principal difference between East and South Franconian consisted in the fact that initial Germanic d was retained in the latter dialect, while East Franconian shifted it to I. Both, like Bavarian and Alemannic, shift initial German p to the aifricate pf.
		east of the Lech and a line drawn from the point where the Lech joins the Danube to the sources of the riversElster and Mulde, this being the East Franconian border-line), in Austria, western Bohemia, and in the German linguistic islands embedded in Hungary, in Gottschee and the Sette and Tredici Communi (cf.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GE/GERMAN_LANGUAGE.htm (7834 words)

	Franconia
		Franconia, east of the Rhine (with the cities of Mainz, Speyer and Worms on the west bank), was part of the Eastern Frankish kingdom, Austrasia.
		Rhenish Franconia (Rheinfranken), which gave the empire the Franconian or Salian dynasty of Emperors (1024â“1125; Conrad II, Henry III, Henry IV and Henry V), was virtually an empty title held by the Ottonian emperors until 1024, when Conrad, the Salian count of Speyer and of Worms, became emperor.
		The Salian Franconian territories were granted as a fief in 1093 to the count palatine at Aachen, a territory that would evolve into the important German principality of the Rhenish Palatinate.
	www.cooldictionary.com /words/Franconia.wikipedia (595 words)

	Germanic Languages
		The East Germanic branch of the Germanic languages was spoken by the Germanic speaking people who, in the second through fourth centuries C. E., migrated first to the Danube and Black Sea areas from the Germanic homeland.
		East Norse is the eastern branch of the North Germanic languages used in Denmark and Sweden and their present and former colonies.
		From there the West and East Goths migrated to southern Gaul, Iberia, and Italy in the fifth and sixth centuries C. The Gepids were overcome by the Lombards and Avars in the fifth century and disappeared.
	softrat.home.mindspring.com /germanic.html (3010 words)

	Mittelfranken -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		Mittelfranken is bordered by Baden-Württemberg Land to the west and the Regierungsbezirke of Unterfranken (Lower Franconia) and Oberfranken (Upper Franconia) to the north, Oberpfalz (Upper Palatinate) to the east, and Oberbayern (Upper Bavaria) and Schwaben (Swabia) to the...
		Oberpfalz is bordered by the Czech Republic to the east and the Regierungsbezirke of Niederbayern (Lower Bavaria) and Oberbayern (Upper Bavaria) to the south, Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia) to the west, and Oberfranken (Upper Franconia) to the north.
		Oberfranken is bordered by Thuringia and Saxony Länder to the north, the Czech Republic to the east, and the Regierungsbezirke of Oberpfalz (Upper Palatinate) to the southeast, Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia) to the south, and Unterfranken (Lower Franconia) to the west.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9053059?tocId=9053059 (844 words)

	West Central German - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Its dialects are thoroughly Franconian including the following sub-families:
		Apart from West Central German on the southern edge and in south-east Franconian dialects are turning to Upper German.
		This transition area between Central German and Upper German is captured by the dialect families of South Franconian German and East Franconian German, colloquially miscalled Franconian, because dialects of this sub-family are spoken all over Franconia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Middle_German (124 words)

	G-NET II
		It is spoken primarily in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, the major part of Switzerland, Luxembourg, the Südtirol (South Tyrol) region of Italy, the East Cantons of Belgium, parts of Romania, Alsace (Elsass) and part of the Lorraine region of France.
		The distinction between Low Saxon, East Low German and Low Franconian (on one side) or High German (on the other side) is not precisely defined; there are several clines that vary smoothly from one dialect to another.
		East Anglia's beginnings are unknown and very little record survives of its foundation or of the fate of the native Britons, the once mighty Iceni tribe, who had dwelt there before.
	www.g-net.blogspot.com /2004/08/saxons-and-germanic-people.html (3785 words)

	German Unification (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 885, the East and the West reunited under the patronage of Karl III, 'der Dicke'; but in 911, after the death of Ludwig IV, 'das Kind', the era of the All-Franconian Empire came to an end once and for all.
		It is important to notice that the implications for the competitiveness of East German industry, that any of the three proposals for monetary integration as well as any rate of conversion for a currency union would have, largely depended on the ensuing wage negotiations.
		With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the peaceful ‘annexation’ of the East, German politicians became accountable for the ‘restoration of justice.’ To enter the process of democratization under the burden of expropriation was inconceivable.
	www.fatemi.com /CONFERENCES/prey1.html (14211 words)

	German Genealogy: Dialects
		This is a linguistic region that lies as a border swath between the Swabian-Alemannic, North Bavarian, East Franconian, and Rhine Franconian regions.
		The southern linguistic boundary to East Franconian is formed by the ridge of the Thuringian forest.
		East of the upper course of the Pulsnitz and west of the so-called "New Lausitzian" spoken in the Sorbian region lies the small backwater territory of West Lausitzian around Pulsnitz and Kamenz.
	www.genealogienetz.de /misc/dialect-e.html (1405 words)

	high german (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The name "High German" contrasts with "Low German", a term variously used to refer to the Low Saxon dialects originating from around the Baltic city of Lübeck; these dialects together with the Low Franconian languages (Dutch, West Flemish, and Afrikaans); or all of the Western Germanic languages other than High German (including English and Frisian).
		Note that divisions between subfamilies of Germanic are rarely precisely defined; most form continuous clines, with adjacent dialects being mutually intelligible and more separated ones not.
		East Franconian, colloquially miscalled Franconian because dialects of this sub-family are spoken all over Franconia
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /High_German (441 words)

	Germanic History
		When the Romans in turn attempted to conquer the area east of the Rhine River early in the 1st century, they were defeated by the Cherusci chief Arminius (Hermann).
		They settled the territory east of the Elbe and Saale rivers in the 6th century in the course of the migration of people that occurred in the early centuries A.D. The first document in which they are mentioned dates from 631.
		The transition from the East Franconian to the German Reich is usually dated from 911, when, after the Carolingian dynasty had died out, the Franconian duke Conrad I was elected king.
	www.rollintl.com /roll/germanics.htm (2447 words)

	Franconian Forest -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		They lie at the Czech border between the Franconian Forest in the northwest, the Ore Mountains (in German, Erzgebirge; in Czech, Krušné Hory) in the northeast, and the Upper Palatinate Forest (a section of the Bohemian Forest) in the south.
		A wooded, hilly plateau drained northward by the upper Weisse Elster River, Vogtland is cradled by the higher ranges of the Ore Mountains to the east, the Fichtel Hills to the south, and the Thüringian Forest and Franconian Forest to...
		The North German Plain is largely flat, but in the east there are chains of small hills consisting of glacial deposits.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9035156?tocId=9035156 (891 words)

	THE OLD HIGH GERMAN - Online Information article about THE OLD HIGH GERMAN
		South Franconian) had asserted themselves throughout all the High German dialects.
		East Franconian and the Upper Saxon and Silesian dialects of modern times (cf.
		Harmony (East Franconian) and that of a theological See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /TAV_THE/THE_OLD_HIGH_GERMAN.html (1038 words)

	Historical Maps: German dialects (text)
		East Middle German: Thuringian, Upper Saxonian, Lusatian, Silesian, and (the isolated area in the east) High Prussian.
		Upper German: Alsatian, Alemannic, Swabian, East Franconian (in the north), (North, Middle and South) Bavarian.
		Please remark: recent boundaries (in red) and dialects from about 1900 are combined, today there are no Germans speaking areas east of Germany and Austria because of the expulsion after WW II.
	www.tr62.de /maps/german.html (1612 words)

	Popular Music and Society: Just for fun? Language choice in German popular music
		The differences in the two are based on gradually dissipating consonants and other differences stemming from the High German Sound Shift between the Sixth and Eighth centuries in southern German regions and moving north (Clyne 6-7) (e.g., the German word for `T' is sounded as "ich" in High German and "ik" in Low German).
		The Standard pronunciation is derived from northern German varieties combined with standardization that was the result of Lutheran reforms incorporating East Franconian varieties from the central German provinces of Thuringia and Saxony.
		For many speakers of German language varieties, particularly in Switzerland and Austria, the written form of the language represents the official standard against which the Alemannic or the Bavarian dialects are considered regional varieties in Germany proper.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2822/is_3_24/ai_82803967 (964 words)

	German language
		Spoken in Southern regions of Baden-Württemberg and Alsace, southwestern corner of Bavaria, German-language areas of Switzerland, including the major cities of Basel, Zürich, and Bern
		Spoken in Southeastern section of Germany east of the Lech River and south of Nürnberg, including Munich, and in Austria, including the cities of Innsbruck, Vienna, and Graz
		Used in the northern lowlands as far east and northeast as the Elbe River, including the cities of Münster, Kassal, Bremen, Hannover, Hamburg, and Magdeburg.
	www.orbislingua.com /ead.htm (508 words)

	Find in a Library: Michigan German in Frankenmuth : variation and change in an East Franconian dialect
		Find in a Library: Michigan German in Frankenmuth : variation and change in an East Franconian dialect
		Michigan German in Frankenmuth : variation and change in an East Franconian dialect
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	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/812cd10b7c3643a3a19afeb4da09e526.html (84 words)

	[No title]
		Hochdeutsch does in fact mean highland German, but the highlands being referred to are in the middle, east middle area around Franconia.
		1) It is the official name of the "klal-shprakh" that was based on East Franconian with a good dose of Bavarian and Low German.
		Yiddish also has had this infusion of Bavarian, including a similar vowel schema (the *sounds of the vowels do not correspond, but what I mean is is that Standard German has collapsed the vowel system from the Middle ages in a different way from certain dialects.
	shakti.trincoll.edu /~mendele/vol04/vol04.036.txt (1532 words)

	DIALECTS AND HIGH GERMAN
		It affords an overview of the three large dialect bands spanning German-speaking Central Europe with each, in turn, showing sub- groups of dialects.
		The Low German band of this map shows less differentiation than the Middle and Upper bands, but Mecklenburg, West- and East Pomerania, Brandenburg and East Prussia certainly also have dialect variants of their own.
		Along the Ruhr River you hear "Westfaelisch", 50 km east of there it is "Ostfaelisch," then Elb-Ostfaelisch.
	www.serve.com /shea/germusa/dialects.htm (1177 words)

	MARCH 1999 LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE AND RETURN
		century East Franconian name (East Franconian was a dialect of Old High German).
		This suggests that is also reasonable, especially since Robinson, Old English and its Closest Relatives, 229, says that the East Franconian dialect did not exhibit an initial B to P shift.
		Robinson, 229, also says that fon is the standard Old High German form of modern von, and so we have modified the preposition.
	www.midrealm.org /heraldry/escutcheon/ILOAR/9903loar.html (2876 words)

	Nuremberg Fast Facts
		Nuremberg (Nurnberg) is a city located on the Pegnitz River about 90 miles northwest of Munich in Southern Germany.
		Nuremberg is surrounded by attractive landscapes: to the East the Franconian hills, to the North "Franconian Switzerland" and to the South-West the Franconian Lakes.
		Germany is located in Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark.
	worldroom.com /pages/cg_nuremberg/fastfacts/nuremberg_fastfacts.phtml (992 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Michigan German in Frankenmuth: Variation and Change in an East Franconian Dialect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Amazon.ca: Books: Michigan German in Frankenmuth: Variation and Change in an East Franconian Dialect
		"Born's study of the East Franconian dialect spoken in Frankenmuth, Michigan, is a welcome addition to the growing number of analyses of Restsprachinseln in North America." YEARBOOK OF GERMAN-AMERICAN STUDIES
		The settlement history was therefore a significant factor in postponing the shift to American...
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1879751593 (385 words)

	Michigan German in Frankenmuth, 1879751593, £50.00/$70.00, 210pp, 1994 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Variation and Change in an East Franconian Dialect
		Professor Born's book provides a phonological, grammatical, and lexical description of a German-American dialect that has never before been studied.
		To order this book, use the shopping cart that refers to your destination.
	www.boydell.co.uk /79751593.HTM (257 words)

	Dialects
		This page also has some examples of Early Germanic Comparative Texts in Gothic, Allemanic, Bavarian, Old Saxon, Rhein Franconian, and East Franconian.
		This page was created by Brian Zahn and was last updated in September 1997.
		This is a Germanic Linguistics page that contains information on West, North and East Germanic.
	web.uvic.ca /geru/472/germanic.htm (442 words)

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