South Marchian (german: Südmärkisch) is an East Central German dialect. The

Berlin dialect Berlin German, or Berlin dialect (High German: ''Berliner Dialekt'', ''Berliner Mundart'', ''Berlinerisch'' or ''Berlinisch''; derogative: ''Berliner Schnauze'', ), is the dialect spoken in the city of Berlin as well as its surrounding metrop ...

is affected by this dialect. The peculiarity of this dialect is the fact that it combines

Low German : : : : : (70,000) (30,000) (8,000) , familycolor = Indo-European , fam2 = Germanic , fam3 = West Germanic , fam4 = North Sea Germanic , ancestor = Old Saxon , ancestor2 = Middle L ...

and High German characteristics in a large area. This can be explained by the transformation of the Middle Low German dialect, which was also spoken in

Frankfurt (Oder) Frankfurt (Oder), also known as Frankfurt an der Oder (), is a city in the German state of Brandenburg. It has around 57,000 inhabitants, is one of the easternmost cities in Germany, the fourth-largest city in Brandenburg, and the largest German ...

, by the High German influence into an East Central German dialect.

References

* {{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027043603/http://www.kulturbund.de/mundart/Dialekte.htm , wayback=20091027043603 , title=Die märkischen Dialekte , language=de , trans-title=The Marchian Dialect , date=27 October 2009 Culture in Berlin Dialects by location Central German languages German dialects Languages of Germany