Erzgebirgisch (Standard German pronunciation: [ˈeːɐ̯tsɡəˌbɪʁɡɪʃ]; Erzgebirgisch: Arzgebirgsch) is a (East) Central German dialect, spoken mainly in the...

(Ostmitteldeutsch) Thuringian (Thüringisch) Upper Saxon (Obersächsisch) Erzgebirgisch Nordobersächsisch-Südmärkisch Lusatian East Central German dialects...

East Central German dialects are spoken (Thuringian, Upper Saxon, Erzgebirgisch (dialect of the Ore Mountains) and North Upper Saxon–South Markish,...

having regions of comparatively self-contained dialect. Vogtlandian and Erzgebirgisch share some linguistic features, due to similarities and interdependencies...

(Obersächsisch) Anhaltisch Meißnisch Osterländisch Westlausitzisch Erzgebirgisch Nordobersäschisch-Südmärkisch Schlesisch–Wilmesau Silesian (Schlesisch)...

Mitteldeutsch) East Central German Thuringian Upper Saxon, including Erzgebirgisch South Marchian Lusatian Silesian (now mostly spoken by the German minority...

described as a transitional zone. Hence, either scheme can be encountered. Erzgebirgisch, usually lumped in with Upper Saxon on geographical grounds, is closer...

territory of Saxony-Anhalt up to the Saale River at Weißenfels in the west Erzgebirgisch, a distinct dialect, is spoken in the villages of the Central Ore Mountains...

that is used in the region. The Ore Mountains has its own dialect, Erzgebirgisch, which sits on the boundary between Upper German and Central German...

as well as just north of the border of the dialect region of East Erzgebirgisch. The nucleus of the town, the former forest village of Christiansdorf...