Rhine Franconian
dialect family of West Central German From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rhine Franconian or Rhenish Franconian (German: Rheinfränkisch) is a dialect chain of West Central German. It is spoken across the regions of the states of Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate, northwest Baden-Wurttemberg, and Hesse in Germany. It is also spoken in northeast France, in the eastern part of the département of Moselle in the Lorraine region. It's also spoken in the north-west part of Bas-Rhin in Alsace.
Rhenish Franconian | |
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Rhine Franconian | |
Geographic distribution: | Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Hesse |
Linguistic classification: | Indo-European
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![]() Rhenish Franconian among the Franconian languages.
Hessian
Palatine German & Lorraine Franconian |
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