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 self-link
hasAlternativeName Rhenish Franconian
surface form: Rheinfränkisch

Rhenish Franconian dialects
hasLinguisticFeature Central German languages
surface form: West Central German vowel system
hasPart Palatine German
surface form: Hunsrückisch

Rhenish Franconian self-linksurface differs
surface form: Koblenz dialect

Rhenish Franconian self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lorraine Franconian

Luxembourgish
Rhenish Franconian self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nahe Franconian

Palatine German
Wittlich dialect
hasPhonologicalFeature High German consonant shift
influencedBy New High German
surface form: Standard German
ISO639-3Code none
languageFamily Germanic languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

West Germanic languages
locatedInLinguisticArea Rhenish fan
neighboringDialectOf Rhenish Franconian self-linksurface differs
surface form: Moselle Franconian

Rhenish Franconian self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rhine Franconian

Ripuarian
notUsedAs official language
partOf German language
partOfDialectContinuum German dialect continuum
region Luxembourg region
German Central Uplands
surface form: West Central Germany

eastern France
western Germany
spokenIn Belgium
France
Germany
Grand Est
Hesse
Lorraine
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
surface form: Luxembourg (country)

North Rhine-Westphalia
Rhineland-Palatinate
Saarland
subclassOf High German
Rhenish Franconian self-linksurface differs
surface form: West Central German
usedAs spoken vernacular
writingSystem Latin script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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