Hessian dialects

Hessian (German: Hessisch) is a West Central German group of dialects of the German language in the central German state of Hesse. The dialect most similar to Hessian is Palatinate German (German: Pfälzisch) of the Rhine Franconian sub-family. However, the Hessian dialects have some features which set them somewhat apart from other West-Central German dialects.

Hessian
Hessisch
Native to	Germany
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Irminonic High German West Central German Rhenish Franconian Hessian
Dialects	North Hessian East Hessian Central Hessian South Hessian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	`hess1238`
Central German dialects after 1945 (4): Hessian

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