Bielsko-Biała) (nearly extinct) Alzenau (Haltsnovian) (Altsnerisch / Päurisch) (spoken in the former city of Altsnau, Hałcnów in Polish, which is now a district of Bielsko-Biała, Bielitz in German, Poland) (nearly extinct) High Prussian (Hochpreußisch) (closely related to Silesian German) (it was spoken in southwestern East Prussia, region of Warmia and adjacent East Prussian Oberland region beyond the Passarge River in the west) (not to be confused with Baltic Prussian or Old Prussian) (nearly extinct, moribund) Breslauisch / Breslausch (name that came from Breslau, modern Wroclaw) Oberländisch German (Deutsch) / Standard German (Standarddeutsch / Hochdeutsch) (based on the East Central German varieties and East Franconian ones) German Standard German (Bundesdeutsches Hochdeutsch) Luxemburgian variety (not to be confused with Luxemburgian, a West Central German language related to but not the same as Standard German) Belgian variety Austrian Standard German (Austrian German) (Österreichisches Standarddeutsch / Österreichisches Hochdeutsch) (not to be confused with Austro-Bavarian, an Upper German language related to but not the same as Standard German) South-Tyrolean variety Swiss Standard German (not to be confused with Swiss German which is based on Alemannic, an Upper German language related to but not the same as Standard German) (Schweizer Standarddeutsch / Schweizer Hochdeutsch) Liechtenstein variety Brazilian German Upper German (Oberdeutsch) (from north towards south) East Franconian (Ostfränkisch) / Main Franconian (Mainfränkisch), transitional between Central German and Upper German (has several dialects and sub-dialects) – descends from Elbe Germanic (language of Cherusci, Semnones and Hermunduri, among others) and Weser-Rhine Germanic (mainly the language of the Franks) contact and mixing (contributed to the formation of Modern Standard High German along with East Central German) Lower East Franconian (Unterostfränkisch) Hennebergisch: around Meiningen – Suhl – Schmalkalden Rhön-Mundart / Rhönisch: in the Rhön Mountains Lower East Franconian (in a stricter sense) (Engeres Unterostfränkisch): Würzburger Raum, Hohenlohischer Raum Würzburgisch: in the Würzburg area (Würzburger Raum) Taubergründisch: around Tauberbischofsheim Hohenlohisch: in Hohenlohe Ochsenfurter Mundart: around Ochsenfurt (ox ford - the name of the town is cognate with Oxford and has the same meaning: a ford where oxen crossed the river) Schweinfurtisch: around Schweinfurt (swine ford - the name of the city has the meaning of a ford where pigs crossed the river) Transitional Lower East Franconian - Upper East Franconian - Area between Lower East Franconian (Unterostfränkisch) and Upper East Franconian (Oberostfränkisch): Ansbacher-, Neustädter- und Coburger Raum (in Ansbach, Neustdt am Main and Coburg) Itzgründisch - Coburgisch: Itzgrund and around Coburg/Koburg