Lusatian dialects
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The Lusatian dialects belong to East Central German . They are spoken in Lusatia in eastern Saxony and in the south of Brandenburg , belong to Lusatian-Neumärkischen , are related to the neighboring dialects of Upper Saxon and Silesian . Because of the greater proximity to Silesian, the term Lausitz-Silesian is occasionally used.
Dialects or dialects of Lusatian
The "Linguasphere Register" (edition 1999/2000, page 433) lists five dialects from East Central German :
- Neulausitzisch (Sorbian language area: Saxony around Bautzen )
- Niederlausitzer dialect (Brandenburg: Cottbus , Spreewald and neighboring regions, Saxony: Hoyerswerda - Weißwasser )
- Upper Lusatian dialect (Saxony along the border area with the Czech Republic between Steinigtwolmsdorf and Zittau , as well as neighboring regions)
- East Lusatian dialect (Saxony around Görlitz and neighboring regions)
- West Lusatian dialect (Saxony around Bischofswerda and Kamenz )
In reality there is a gradual merging or transition of the language areas. A strict demarcation is hardly possible.
Until 1945, the East Lusatian dialect area continued eastwards to Lower Silesia , now Poland . Upper Lusatian was spoken in the south as far as northern Bohemia and the Elbe valley near Děčín (Tetschen), now the Czech Republic .
pronunciation
Characteristic for the dialect of the Oberlausitz mountains is the retroflex ( "American") "R" [ ɻ ] , which was widely used before the expulsion in the adjacent parts of Silesia.
See also
- Standard German languages
- Central German languages and dialects
- Markish dialects
- North Bohemian dialects