South Marchian (german: Südmärkisch) is an

East Central German East Central German or East Middle German (german: Ostmitteldeutsch) is the eastern non- Franconian Central German language and is part of High German. Present-day Standard German as a High German variant, has actually developed from a compromis ...

dialect. The Berlin dialect is affected by this dialect. The peculiarity of this dialect is the fact that it combines Low German and

High German The High German dialects (german: hochdeutsche Mundarten), or simply High German (); not to be confused with Standard High German which is commonly also called ''High German'', comprise the varieties of German spoken south of the Benrath an ...

characteristics in a large area. This can be explained by the transformation of the

Middle Low German Middle Low German or Middle Saxon (autonym: ''Sassisch'', i.e. "Saxon", Standard German, Standard High German: ', Dutch language, Modern Dutch: ') is a developmental stage of Low German. It developed from the Old Saxon language in the Middle ...

dialect, which was also spoken in

Frankfurt (Oder) Frankfurt (Oder), also known as Frankfurt an der Oder (), is a city in the German state of Brandenburg. It has around 57,000 inhabitants, is one of the easternmost cities in Germany, the fourth-largest city in Brandenburg, and the largest German ...

, by the High German influence into an East Central German dialect.

References

* {{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027043603/http://www.kulturbund.de/mundart/Dialekte.htm , wayback=20091027043603 , title=Die märkischen Dialekte , language=de , trans-title=The Marchian Dialect , date=27 October 2009 Culture in Berlin Dialects by location Central German languages German dialects Languages of Germany