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In German linguistics, the 'Benrath line' (German: ''Benrather Linie'') is the ''maken-machen'' isogloss. It is traditionally used to distinguish the High German varieties from the other West Germanic languages. The Line runs from Benrath (part of Düsseldorf) to eastern Germany in the area of Berlin and Magdeburg.
In the course of the High German consonant shift (3rd to 9th centuries AD), in the first three phases of which the Low German dialects did not participate, the Southern varieties of the West Germanic dialect continuum were affected. The impact of the High German consonant shift increases gradually to the South. In the northernmost High German varieties, only some words are affected.
The Benrath line does not mark the northernmost effect of the High German consonant shift, since the Uerdingen line, the ''ik-ich'' isogloss, expands even further north.
Since the beginning of the 1990s the eastern end of the Benrath line has moved northwards, so the predominant dialect in Saxony-Anhalt has become an East Central German Thuringian-Upper Saxon dialect, heavily influenced by Standard German. Until the Second World War, in the North, by far the majority of areas spoke East Low German dialects.
★ Varieties of German
★ Maps of the Benrath line
High German subdivides into Upper German (green) and Central German (blue), and is distinguished from Low German (yellow). The main isoglosses, the Benrath and Speyer lines are marked in black.
In the course of the High German consonant shift (3rd to 9th centuries AD), in the first three phases of which the Low German dialects did not participate, the Southern varieties of the West Germanic dialect continuum were affected. The impact of the High German consonant shift increases gradually to the South. In the northernmost High German varieties, only some words are affected.
The Benrath line does not mark the northernmost effect of the High German consonant shift, since the Uerdingen line, the ''ik-ich'' isogloss, expands even further north.
Since the beginning of the 1990s the eastern end of the Benrath line has moved northwards, so the predominant dialect in Saxony-Anhalt has become an East Central German Thuringian-Upper Saxon dialect, heavily influenced by Standard German. Until the Second World War, in the North, by far the majority of areas spoke East Low German dialects.
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★ Varieties of German
★ Maps of the Benrath line
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