Questions about German Dialects

Well, a question, really.  Firstly, does anyone know where I can get
some descriptions of the various German dialects. In English,
preferably, but German will do fine.

And, secondly, just for the short term - can anyone describe some
features of the East Franconian and Thuringian dialects for me?
Especially those that seperate it from Standard German(which I suppose
they're not too different from...)

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