East Franconian German

Dialect East FranconianFränggischStandard High German: Ostfränkisch, FränkischNative toGermany (Bavaria, Thuringia, Saxony, Baden-Württemberg, Hesse)Native speakers4,900,000 (2006)Language familyIndo-European GermanicWest GermanicElbe GermanicUpper GermanHigh FranconianEast FranconianEarly formsProto-Indo-European Proto-Germanic Proto-West Germanic Elbe Germanic Old East Franconian Writing systemLatin (German alphabet)Language codesISO 639-3vmfGlottologmain1267Linguasphere52-ACB-dj 1: East FranconianEast Franconian is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger East Franconian (German: Ostfränkisch [ˈɔstfʁɛŋkɪʃ] ⓘ), usually referred to as Franconian in German (Fränkisch [ˈfʁɛŋkɪʃ] ⓘ), is a dialect spoken in Franconia, the northern part of the federal state of Bavaria and other areas in Germany around Nuremberg, Bamberg, Coburg, Würzburg, Hof, Bayreuth, Meiningen, Bad Mergentheim, and Crailsheim. The major subgroups are Unterostfränkisch (spoken in Lower Franconia and southern Thuringia), Oberostfränkisch (spoken in Upper and Middle Franconia) and Südostfränkisch (spoken in some parts of Middle Franconia and Hohenlohe).