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South Franconian
Native to
Germany (Baden-Württemberg)
Language family
Indo-European
Germanic
West Germanic
Elbe Germanic
High German
Upper German[1] / Central German[2][3]
High Franconian
South Franconian
Writing system
Latin (German alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
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Upper German dialects after 1945
2: South Franconian
South Franconian (German: Südfränkisch) or South Rhine Franconian (German: Südrheinfränkisch) is an Upper German dialect which is spoken in the northernmost part of Baden-Württemberg in Germany, around Karlsruhe, Mosbach and Heilbronn. Like closely related East Franconian it is a transitional dialect, which unites elements of Central German and Upper German.
The language area is located in the transient zone between Rhine Franconian dialects (Hessian and Palatinate German) in the north and Alemannic German (Low Alemannic and Swabian German) in the south. South Franconian is one of the High German dialects with the lowest number of speakers. South Franconian is not considered a separate dialect by some observers. The scope of South Franconian is disputed.
^Otto Behagel: Geschichte der deutschen Sprache. 5. Aufl., Berlin & Leipzig, 1928, S. 170: „Von den fränkischen Bestandteilen des Oberdeutschen wird der westliche Teil herkömmlich als Südfrankisch (oder Südrheinfränkisch) [...] bezeichnet.“
^Peter Ernst: Deutsche Sprachgeschichte. 3. Aufl, Wien, 2021, S. 76
^Emil A. Gutjahr: Die Anfänge der neuhochdeutschen Schriftsprache vor Luther. Streifzüge durch die deutsche Siedelungs-, Rechts-, und Sprachgeschichte auf Grund der Urkunden deutscher Sprache. Halle a. S., 1910
S. 110: „Wir überblicken I. im Mutterlande folgende Mundarten: [...] B. In Mitteldeutschland: 4. das Mittelfränkische, a) Nordmittelfränkische oder Ribuarische (Köln), b) das Südmittelfränkische oder Moselfränkische (Trier); 5. das Oberfränkische a) das Rheinfränkische (Hessische) und das Südrheinfränkische; b) das Ostfränkische, 6. das Thüringische (-Obersächsische); 7. das Oberpfälzische (-Westböhmische).“
S. 113–5: „II. Für unseren Zweck sind zunöchst die hochdeutschen Mundarten und zwar die mitteldeutschen Mundarten zu berücksichtigen; 1. im Mutterlande: [...] b) Das Rheinfränkische wird gebildet vom α) Nordrheinfränkischen (Hessen-Nassauisch und Hessisch), β) Lothringischen und γ) Südrheinfränkischen. [...] Das Südrheinfränkische (Rheinpfälzische, „Pälzische“), eine Untermundart des Rheinfränkischen, wird gesprochen in Mannheim, Heidelberg, Speier, Weißenburg, Karlsruhe.“
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