The Osterland dialect ( German Osterländisch ) is a German dialect , one of the Thuringian-Upper Saxon dialects that still has circulation in Saxony , near Leipzig . In Saxony-Anhalt, the dialect takes the form of a North Upper Saxon and is distributed mainly near Wittenberg , Bitterfeld-Wolfen and Jessen . Own version of the Osterlandic, called the north-eastern Osterlandic dialect , is common in Halle and further towards Brandenburg , near Herzberg , Bad Liebenverd and Elsterverd . Near Schraden , the Schraden Osterlandic dialect is widespread.
| Osterlandic | |
|---|---|
| Self name | Osterländisch |
| Country |  Germany |
| Regions | Saxony , Saxony-Anhalt , Brandenburg |
| Classification | |
| Category | Languages of Eurasia |
Indo-European family
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The emergence of the dialect belongs to the XI-XIII centuries. It was based on the Low German dialects of northwestern Germany. The name "Osterland" comes from the toponym Osterland (a region in the Thuringian-Saxon region).
Literature
- Wilfried Seibicke : Beiträge zur Mundartenkunde des Nordobersächsischen, Böhlau Verlag 1967.
- Horst Becker / Gunter Bergmann : Sächsische Mundartenkunde, Max Niemeyer Verlag 1969, Halle (Saale).