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{{Short description|East Central German dialects of Germany}}
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|fam4=[[High German languages|High German]] 
|fam5=[[Central German]]
|fam6=[[East Central German]]
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[[File:Mitteldeutsche Mundarten.png|thumb|240px|Central German dialects after 1945
{{legend|#F08080|10: [[Silesian German|Silesian]]-Lusatian}}]]

The '''Lusatian dialects''' ([[Standard German]]: ''Lausitzisch'') are [[East Central German]] ([[High German]]) dialects spoken in southern [[Brandenburg]] and eastern [[Saxony]]. The name "Lusatian" derives from the term [[Lusatia]], meaning the dialects of Lusatia. They are most closely related to [[Silesian German]].

Berlin and Brandenburg originally lay in the [[Low German]] language area. Through immigration to Berlin from (then) [[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 (High German) variant, which then spread from Berlin to the surrounding areas of Brandenburg.

The [[Slavic languages]] of [[Lower Sorbian|Lower]] and [[Upper Sorbian]], which are spoken in Lusatia as well, are also sometimes referred to as [[Lusatian languages]].

== Main dialect groups ==
* Eastern Lusatian (spoken in Eastern [[Upper Lusatia]])
* [[Low Lusatian]] (spoken in [[Lower Lusatia]] and northern Upper Lusatia)
* New Lusatian (spoken in the area of settlement of the [[Sorbs]]; influenced by the Sorbian languages)
* [[Upper Lusatian German|Upper Lusatian]] (spoken in southern Upper Lusatia; with an [[American r]])
* Western Lusatian (spoken in Western Upper Lusatia)

== References ==

{{Germanic languages}}

[[Category:Brandenburg]]
[[Category:Central German languages]]
[[Category:German dialects]]
[[Category:Languages of Germany]]