Erzgebirgisch

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Erzgebirgisch
Arzgebirgsch
Pronunciation	[ˈaːɰtsɡ̊əˌb̥ɛːɰjɡ̊ʃ]
Native to	Germany
Region	Saxony, Lower Saxony
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic High German Central German East Central German Erzgebirgisch
Early forms	Proto-Indo-European Proto-Germanic Old Thuringian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	oste1245  Osterzgebirgisch west2915  Westerzgebirgisch
Central German dialects after 1945 and the expulsions of the Germans   Erzgebirgisch (9)
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Erzgebirgisch (Standard German pronunciation: [ˈeːɐ̯tsɡəˌbɪʁɡɪʃ]; Erzgebirgisch: Arzgebirgsch^[1]) is a (East) Central German dialect, spoken mainly in the central Ore Mountains in Saxony. It has received relatively little academic attention. Due to the high mobility of the population and the resulting contact with Upper Saxon, the high emigration rate and its low mutual intelligibility with other dialects, the number of speakers is decreasing.^{[not verified in body]}