Central Thuringian
Introduction Dialects of Thuringian German: Central Thuringian in pale pink'''Central Thuringian''' () is a Thuringian dialect, that is spoken in the region of central Germany covered by the districts of Gotha, Sömmerda and Ilm-Kreis as well as in the southern part of Unstrut-Hainich district and the city of Erfurt. A feature of the dialect are "falling diphthongs" (''fallende diphthonge'') (e. g. ''"Voater"'' instead of "Vater" (father)).
Literature * Wolfgang Lösch und andere: ''Kleines Thüringer Wörterbuch'', Reclam-Verlag Leipzig, 1995.