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Dialects and minority languages of Germany

Guess all the dialects of the German dialect continuum spoken in Germany, aswell as regional minority languages! Since it is a dialect Continuum there are no clear borders between the dialects. Keep in mind that in most cases state borders do not correspond to linguistic boundaries. Some of these can linguistically be classified as regiolect, dialect or language. I am aware that the status of some of these is disputed. For the sake of the quiz I will only list those as a language that are officially recognized as a minority language on a federal or state level. (So no Diasporas!) Furthermore this only includes dialects natively spoken in Germany, therefore excluding dialects spoken in Switzerland, Austria, etc. In some cases the main subdialect will also be accepted. Colloquial names will be accepted for the most part (as long as they don't also give another answer away). Sources: https://glottolog.org https://regionalsprache.de Aswell as countless materials from the University of Tübingen aswell as the University of the Saarland that would get longer than the actual quiz if I were to list them all here. If you find any typos or answers that you think should be accepted let me know!
English aswell as German answers accepted
"Mundart"-answers only accepted for their respective dialect
No sub-dialects of minority languages.
Quiz by BourbonBac
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Last updated: April 19, 2020
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Classification
Main States
Answer
Dialect,Upper German (Alemannic)
Baden-Württemberg
Low Alemannic
Dialect,Upper German (Alemannic)
Baden-Württemberg
High Alemannic
Dialect,Upper German (Alemannic)
Baden-Württemberg,Bavaria
Swabian
Dialect, Upper German (Austro-Bavarian)
Bavaria
Bavarian
Dialect, Upper German ([...]Franconian)
Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Thuringia
East Franconian
Dialect, Upper German ([...]Franconian)
Baden-Württemberg
South Franconian
Dialect, Central German (Central Franconian)
Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland
Palatine German
Dialect, Central German (Central Franconian)
Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate
Hessian
Dialect, Central German (Central Franconian)
Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Northrhine-Westphalia
Moselle Franconian
Dialect, Central German (Central Franconian)
Northrhine-Westphalia
Ripuarian
Dialect, Central German (East Central)
Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt
Thuringian
Classification
Main States
Answer
Dialect, Central German (East Central)
Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt
Upper Saxon
Dialect, Central German (East Central)
Saxony, Brandenburg, Berlin
Lusatian-South Marchian
Dialect, Low Franconian
Northrhine-Westphalia
Limburgish
Dialect, Low Franconian
Northrhine-Westphalia
South Guelderish
Dialect, Low Franconian
Northrhine-Westphalia
East Bergish
Language, Ingvaeonic
Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein
Frisian
Language, Ingvaeonic
Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Northrhine-Westphalia
Low Saxon
Language, West Slavic
Saxony, Brandenburg
Sorbian
Language, South Scandinavian
Schleswig-Holstein
Danish
Language, Indo-Aryan
Spread out over most states
Romani
Language, Based mainly on upper and central German
Federal Lingua Franca - All states
German
1 Comments
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Level 69
Feb 8, 2023
Very cool that such a quiz exists! Thank you :)