East Central German is the eastern non-Franconian sub-group of Central German dialects themselves part of High German. Present-day Standard German as a High German variant has actually developed from a compromise of East Central (especially Upper Saxon promoted by Johann Christoph Gottsched) and East Franconian German.
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Germanic languages, High German languages, West Germanic languages, Central German
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