Editing High German languages (section)

==Family==
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Divisions between subfamilies within Germanic are rarely precisely defined, because most form continuous clines, with adjacent [[dialect]]s being mutually intelligible and more separated ones not. In particular, there has never been an original "[[Proto-language|Proto-High German]]". For this and other reasons, the idea of representing the relationships between [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] language forms in a tree diagram at all is controversial among linguists. What follows should be used with care in the light of this caveat.

{{tree list}}
* High German
** '''[[Central German]]''' (German: {{lang|de|Mitteldeutsch}})
*** ''[[East Central German]]''
**** [[Thuringian dialect|Thuringian]]
**** [[Upper Saxon German|Upper Saxon]], including [[Erzgebirgisch]]
**** [[South Marchian dialect|South Marchian]]
**** [[Lusatian dialects|Lusatian]]
**** [[Silesian German|Silesian]] (now mostly spoken by the [[German minority in Poland|German minority]] in [[Upper Silesia]])
**** [[High Prussian]] (nearly extinct)
*** ''[[West Central German]]''
**** [[Central Franconian dialects|Central Franconian]]
***** [[Ripuarian language|Ripuarian]]
***** [[Moselle Franconian dialects]], including [[Luxembourgish]]
****** [[Hunsrik language]] (from the [[Hunsrückisch dialect]])
**** [[Rhine Franconian dialects|Rhine Franconian]]
***** [[Palatine German language|Palatine]], including [[Lorraine Franconian]] (France)
****** [[Pennsylvania Dutch language|Pennsylvania Dutch]] (in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]])
***** [[Hessian dialects|Hessian]]
** '''[[High Franconian German|High Franconian]]''', in the transitional area between Central and Upper German
*** ''[[East Franconian German|East Franconian]]''
*** ''[[South Franconian German|South Franconian]]''
** '''[[Upper German]]''' (German: {{lang|de|Oberdeutsch}})
*** ''[[Alemannic German|Alemannic]]'' in the broad sense or West Upper German (German: ''Westoberdeutsch''), including [[Swiss German]] dialects
**** [[Swabian German|Swabian]]
**** [[Alemannic German|Alemannic]] in the strict sense
***** [[Low Alemannic German|Low Alemannic]], including [[Alsatian language|Alsatian]] and [[Basel German]]
***** [[High Alemannic German|High Alemannic]]
***** [[Highest Alemannic German|Highest Alemannic]]
*** ''[[Bavarian language|Bavarian]]'' or East Upper German (German: ''Ostoberdeutsch''), including [[Austrian German]] dialects
**** [[Northern Bavarian]] 
**** [[Central Bavarian]], including [[Viennese German|Viennese]]
**** [[Southern Bavarian]], including [[Mòcheno language|Mócheno]] in [[Trentino]], Italy
***** [[Gottscheerish]]
**** [[Cimbrian language|Cimbrian]], nearly extinct 
**** [[Hutterite German]] (in [[Canada]] and the [[United States]])
*** ''[[Lombardic language|Lombardic]]'', extinct
** '''[[Yiddish]]''', evolved from Middle High German
{{tree list/end}}