Rhenish Franconian

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Rhenish Franconian is a group of West Central German dialects spoken primarily in parts of western Germany, Luxembourg, and eastern France.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf High German dialect
West Central German dialect
dialect group
glottologCode rhen1240
glottologName Rhenish Franconian
hasAlternativeName Rheinfränkisch
linked to: Rhenish Franconian

Rhenish Franconian dialects
hasLinguisticFeature West Central German vowel system
hasPart Hunsrückisch
linked to: Palatine German

Koblenz dialect
linked to: Rhenish Franconian

Lorraine Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian

Luxembourgish
Nahe Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian

Palatine German
Wittlich dialect
hasPhonologicalFeature High German consonant shift
influencedBy Standard German
linked to: New High German
ISO639-3Code none
languageFamily Germanic languages
Indo-European languages
West Germanic languages
locatedInLinguisticArea Rhenish fan
neighboringDialectOf Moselle Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian

Rhine Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian

Ripuarian
notUsedAs official language
partOf German language
partOfDialectContinuum German dialect continuum
region Luxembourg region
West Central Germany
eastern France
western Germany
spokenIn Belgium
France
Germany
Grand Est
Hesse
Lorraine
Luxembourg
Luxembourg (country)
linked to: Luxembourg

North Rhine-Westphalia
Rhineland-Palatinate
Saarland
subclassOf High German
West Central German
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
usedAs spoken vernacular
writingSystem Latin script

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Old High German majorDialect Rhenish Franconian
Luxembourgish subgroup Moselle Franconian dialect group
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Eastern France regionalLanguage Lorraine Franconian
subject linked to: eastern France
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
West Germanic languages includesLanguage Ripuarian Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
East Franconian subclassOf Franconian dialects
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Rhenish Franconian subclassOf West Central German
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Rhenish Franconian hasPart Lorraine Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Rhenish Franconian hasPart Koblenz dialect
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Rhenish Franconian hasPart Nahe Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Rhenish Franconian neighboringDialectOf Moselle Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Rhenish Franconian neighboringDialectOf Rhine Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Rhenish Franconian hasAlternativeName Rheinfränkisch
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Rhenish Franconian glottologName Rhenish Franconian
Saarland regionalLanguage Moselle Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Saarland regionalLanguage Rhine Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Duchy of Lorraine languageUsed Lorraine Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Central German languages hasPart West Central German
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Central German languages hasPart Ripuarian Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Central German languages hasPart Moselle Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Central German languages hasPart Rhenish Franconian
Thionville regionalLanguage Lorraine Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
New High German includes Rhine Franconian dialects
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Hettange-Grande regionalLanguage Lorraine Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Lorraine languageTradition Lorraine Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Lorraine hasMinorityLanguage Lorraine Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Bitche regionalLanguage Lorraine Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Bitche hasRegionalLanguage Lorraine Franconian
subject linked to: town of Bitche
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Moselle historicalLanguage Lorraine Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Wadern localDialect Moselle Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Upper Franconian dialects sharesFeaturesWith Central Franconian dialects
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
German-speaking Lorraine historicalLanguage Lorraine Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
German-speaking Lorraine historicalLanguage Moselle Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
German-speaking Lorraine minorityLanguage Lorraine Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
German dialect continuum includesDialectGroup Moselle Franconian dialects
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Ripuarian sharesIsoglossWith Moselle Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Ripuarian closelyRelatedTo Moselle Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Luxembourg region hasMinorityLanguage Moselle Franconian dialects
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Colognian subclassOf Ripuarian Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Colognian closelyRelatedTo Moselle Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Palatine German closelyRelatedTo Rhenish Franconian
Palatine German closelyRelatedTo Rhine Franconian dialects
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Lorrain language influencedBy Lorraine Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Kölsch subclassOf Ripuarian Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Kölsch closelyRelatedTo Euskirchener Platt
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Treveris hasLocalDialect Moselle Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Bamberg district hasLocalDialectRegion Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Ingelheim am Rhein localDialect Rhenish Franconian
Saint-Avold historicalLanguage Lorraine Franconian
linked to: Rhenish Franconian
Hessian subgroupOf Rhenish Franconian
Hessian hasDialect Rhine-Main dialect
linked to: Rhenish Franconian