Lusatian – New Marchian dialects


The Lusatian – New Marchian dialects are East Central German dialects spoken in Berlin, central and southern Brandenburg, central and southern Saxony-Anhalt, and in northwestern and eastern Saxony. The name "Lusatian-New Marchian" derives from the terms Lusatia and March, meaning the dialects of Lusatia and the new dialects of the March of Brandenburg.
Berlin and Brandenburg originally lay in the Low German language area. Through immigration to Berlin from Central German-speaking regions like Silesia and Saxony, the city's Low German dialect has been strongly influenced by Central German, so that it evolved from a Low German into a Central German variant, which then spread from Berlin to the surrounding areas of Brandenburg.
Low German dialects closely related to those which had been spoken in Berlin and central and southern Brandenburg, Brandenburgisch dialects, are still spoken in the Old March in Saxony-Anhalt, in the Uckermark and Prignitz regions, and in the southeast of Western Pomerania.
The Slavic languages of Lower and Upper Sorbian, which are spoken in Lusatia as well, are also sometimes referred to as Lusatian languages.

Main dialect groups