Central German

• West Central German () • Central Franconian () • Ripuarian () • Moselle Franconian () • Luxembourgish () • Rhine Franconian () • Palatinate German () • Lorraine Franconian (), spoken in Lorraine • Hessian • North Hessian () • East Hessian () • Central Hessian () • South Hessian () • East Central German () • Thuringian () • Upper Saxon () • • • Lusatian • East Central German dialects spoken in the former eastern territories: • Silesian (), nearly extinct • High Prussian (), nearly extinct ==See also==