High Franconian German

High Franconian or Upper Franconian (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]}

Geographic
distributionBavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Thuringia, Saxony

Linguistic classificationIndo-European

• Germanic
  • West Germanic languages
    • Weser-Rhine Germanic / Elbe Germanic
      • High German languages
        • Upper German
          • High Franconian

Subdivisions

• East Franconian
• South Franconian

Glottologuppe1464  (Upper Franconian)

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High Franconian
Upper Franconian German: Oberfränkisch
Geographic distribution	Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Thuringia, Saxony
Linguistic classification	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic languages Weser-Rhine Germanic / Elbe Germanic High German languages Upper German High Franconian
Subdivisions	East Franconian South Franconian
Language codes
Glottolog	uppe1464  (Upper Franconian)
Upper German dialects after 1945   1: East Franconian   2: South Franconian

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High Franconian is transitional between Upper German and Central German but usually regarded as Upper German.^{[citation needed]} It is disputed whether it makes sense to summarise East and South Franconian because both are different.