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Rhenish FranconianorRhine Franconian (German: Rheinfränkisch [ˈʁaɪnfʁɛnkɪʃ] ⓘ) is a dialect chainofWest Central German. It comprises the varieties of German spoken across the western regions of the states of Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate, northwest Baden-Württemberg, and Hesse in Germany. It is also spoken in northeast France, in the eastern part of the départementofMoselle in the Lorraine region, and in the north-west part of Bas-RhininAlsace. To the north, it is bounded by the Sankt Goar line (ordas–dat line) which separates it from Moselle Franconian; to the south, it is bounded by the Main line which is also referred to as the Speyer line which separates it from the Upper German dialects.
| Rhenish Franconian | |
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| Rhenish-Franconian, Rhine Franconian, Rhine-Franconian | |
| Geographic distribution | Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Hesse, Lorraine, Alsace |
| Linguistic classification | Indo-European
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| Glottolog | rhin1244 |
Rhenish Franconian among the Franconian languages.
Hessian
Palatine German & Lorraine Franconian
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East Franconian is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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