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	==References==		==References==

			* 1. See the definition of "high" in the Oxford English Dictionary (Concise Edition): "... situated far above ground, sealevel, etc; upper, inland, as ... High German".
			* 2. Russ, Charles. The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic Survey. Routledge, 1989.
			* 3. Russ, Charles. The German Language Today: A Linguistic Introduction. Routledge, 1994.
			* 4. Robinson, Orrin. Old English and its Closest Relatives. Routledge, 1994.

	[[Category:High German languages\| ]]		[[Category:High German languages\| ]]
	[[Category:West Germanic languages]]		[[Category:West Germanic languages]]


	==External Links==		==External Links==

	* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_German_languages Wikipedia Article on High German languages]		* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_German_languages Wikipedia Article on High German languages]

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			The '''High German languages''' (in [[German language\|German]], ''Hochdeutsche Sprachen'') or the '''[[German dialects\|High German dialects]] '''(''Hochdeutsche Mundarten/Dialekte'') are any of the [[variety (linguistics)\|varieties]] of [[German language\|standard German]], [[Luxembourgish language\|Luxembourgish]] and [[Yiddish language\|Yiddish]], as well as the local German [[dialect]]s '''spoken''' in central and southern [[Germany]], [[Austria]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Switzerland]], [[Luxembourg]] and in neighboring portions of [[Belgium]] and the [[Netherlands]] ([[Ripuarian language\|Ripuarian]] dialects in [[Southeast Limburgish dialect\|southeast Limburg]]), [[France]] ([[Alsace]] and northern [[Lorraine (region)\|Lorraine]]), [[Italy]], and [[Poland]]. The language is also spoken in diaspora in [[Romania]] (''[[Transylvania]]''), [[Russia]], the [[United States]], [[Brazil]], [[Argentina]], [[Chile]], and [[Namibia]].

			As a technical term, the "high" in High German is a geographical reference to the group of dialects that forms "High German" (in the broader sense), out of which developed [[German language\|standard High German]] (in the narrower sense), [[Yiddish]] and [[Luxembourgish]]. It refers to the [[Highland (geography)\|upland]] and [[mountain]]ous areas of central and southern Germany, it also includes Luxembourg, Austria, Liechtenstein and most of Switzerland. This is opposed to [[Low German]], which is spoken on the lowlands and along the flat sea coasts of the north.<sup>[]</sup> High German in this broader sense can be subdivided into [[Upper German]] (''Oberdeutsch'', this includes the Austrian and Swiss German dialects) and [[Central German]] (''Mitteldeutsch'').<sup>[]</sup>

			==History==
			The High German dialects as used in central and southern Germany (Saxony, Bavaria) and Austria were an important basis for the development of standard German.<sup>[]</sup>

			The historical forms of the language are [[Old High German]] and [[Middle High German]].

			==Classification==
			High German (in the broader sense) is distinguished from other West Germanic varieties in that it took part in the [[High German consonant shift]] (c. AD 500).
			To see this, compare [[English language\|English]]/[[Low Saxon language\|Low Saxon]] ''pan/Pann'' with [[German language\|German]] ''Pfanne'' ([p] to [pf]), English/Low Saxon ''two/twee'' with German ''zwei'' ([t] to [ts]), English/Low Saxon ''make/maken'' with German ''machen'' ([k] to [x]).<sup>[]</sup>
			In the [[Alemannic German\|High Alemannic dialects]], there is a further shift; ''Sack'' (like English/Low Saxon "sack/Sack") is pronounced [z̥akx] ([k] to [kx]).

			==Family tree==
			Note that divisions between subfamilies within Germanic are rarely precisely defined, as most form continuous clines, with adjacent [[dialect]]s being mutually intelligible and more separated ones not. In particular, there has never been an original "[[Proto-language\|Proto-High German]]". For this and other reasons, the idea of representing the relationships between [[West Germanic]] language forms in a tree diagram at all is controversial among linguists. What follows should be used with care in the light of this caveat.
			* [[Central German]] (German: ''Mitteldeutsch'')
			** [[East Central German]]
			*** [[Lausitzisch-Neumärkisch]]
			*** [[Upper Saxon]]
			*** [[North Upper Saxon]]
			*** [[Thuringian Dialect]]
			*** [[Silesian German]] (mostly in [[Lower Silesia]], in [[Poland]])
			*** [[High Prussian]]
			** [[Transylvanian Saxons\|Transylvanian Saxon]] (in [[Transylvania]])
			** [[West Central German]]
			*** [[Ripuarian language\|Ripuarian]]
			*** [[Moselle Franconian]], including the [[Luxembourgish language]]
			*** ''[[Rhine Franconian]]''
			**** [[Lorraine Franconian]] (France)
			**** [[Pfälzisch language]]
			**** [[Hunsrückisch]]
			*****[[Riograndenser Hunsrückisch]] (in [[Southern Brazil]])
			*** [[Central Hessian]] ([[Hessian dialects\|Hessian]])
			*** [[East Hessian]] ([[Hessian dialects\|Hessian]])
			*** [[North Hessian]] ([[Hessian dialects\|Hessian]])
			* Transitional areas between ''Central German'' and ''Upper German''
			** [[High Franconian]]
			***[[East Franconian German]]
			***[[South Franconian German]]
			* [[Pennsylvania German language\|Pennsylvania German]] (in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]])
			* [[Upper German]] (German: ''Oberdeutsch'')
			** [[Alemannic German\|Alemannic]]
			*** [[Swabian German\|Swabian]]
			*** [[Low Alemannic German\|Low Alemannic]] (including one [[Swiss German]] dialect: [[Basel German]])
			*** [[Alsatian language]] (but often also classified as within [[Low Alemannic German\|Low Alemannic]])
			*** [[Central Alemannic]]
			*** [[High Alemannic German\|High Alemannic]] (including many [[Swiss German]] dialects)
			*** [[Highest Alemannic German\|Highest Alemannic]] (including [[Swiss German]] dialects)
			** [[Austro-Bavarian German\|Austro-Bavarian]] (''On the use of dialects and Standard German in Austria, see [[Austrian language]]'')
			***[[Northern Austro-Bavarian]] (spoken in [[Upper Palatinate]])
			***[[Central Austro-Bavarian]] (includes the dialects of [[Upper Bavaria]], [[Lower Bavaria]], [[Upper Austria]], [[Lower Austria]] and [[Vienna]] — ''see'' [[Viennese language]])
			***[[Southern Austro-Bavarian]] (includes the dialects of [[German Tyrol \| Tirol]], [[Carinthia (state)\|Carinthia]] and [[Styria (state)\|Styria]])
			*** [[Cimbrian language\|Cimbrian]] (northeastern [[Italy]])
			*** [[Mócheno]] ([[Trentino]], in Italy)
			*** [[Hutterite German]] (in [[Canada]] and the [[United States]])
			*[[Yiddish language\|Yiddish]]
			**Western Yiddish ([[Germany]], [[France]])
			**Eastern Yiddish
			***Northeastern Yiddish ([[Lithuania]], [[Latvia]], [[Belarus]], [[Russia]], northeastern [[Poland]])
			***Central Yiddish ([[Poland]], [[Galicia (Central Europe)\|Galicia]])
			***Southeastern Yiddish ([[Ukraine]], [[Bessarabia]], [[Romania]])
			*[[Texas German]], a dialect spoken by descendants of [[German American\|immigrants]] who settled in the [[Texas Hill Country]] region in the mid-19th century.

			==References==

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			[[Category:West Germanic languages]]


	==External Links==		==External Links==

	* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_German_languages Wikipedia Article on High German languages]		* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_German_languages Wikipedia Article on High German languages]

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