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  1. Moselle Franconian is shown in yellow (Germany) and blue (Luxembourg) Moselle Franconian ( German: Moselfränkisch, Luxembourgish: Muselfränkesch) is a West Central German language, part of the Central Franconian languages area, that includes Luxembourgish. It is spoken in the southern Rhineland and along the course of the Moselle, in the ...

  2. Franconian or Frankish is a collective term traditionally used by linguists to refer to many West Germanic languages, some of which are spoken in what formed the historical core area of Francia during the Early Middle Ages . Linguistically, it has no common typological features for all the various dialects conventionally grouped as Franconian.

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  4. The language border around 1630. Franconian languages area: Central Franconian dialects in green. Lorraine Franconian (Lorraine Franconian: Plàtt or lottrìnger Plàtt; French: francique lorrain or platt lorrain; German: Lothringisch) is an ambiguous designation for dialects of West Central German (German: Westmitteldeutsch), a group of High German dialects spoken in the Moselle department of ...

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  5. Moselle Franconian is a West Central German language, part of the Central Franconian languages area, that includes Luxembourgish. It is spoken in the southern Rhineland and along the course of the Moselle, in the Siegerland of North Rhine-Westphalia, throughout western Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Luxembourg, the south of the German-speaking Community of Belgium and in the neighboring ...

  6. Transylvanian Saxon (Siweberjesch Såksesch) Transylvanian Saxon is a variety of Moselle Franconian German spoken by about 200,000 people in parts of Romania, Germany and Austria, and also in the USA and Canada. In the 12th century, people of German, Flemish and Walloon origin migrated to Transylvania, which was part of Hungary at the time, and ...

  7. Glottolog. luxe1241. Area where Moselle Franconian / Luxembourgish is spoken with the isogloss between usage of "op" and "of" ( Standard German: auf) shown. Moselle Franconian ( German: Moselfränkisch) is a variant of West Central German. It is spoken in southern Rhineland and in the Moselle. It is also spoken in North Rhine-Westphalia ...

  8. Other articles where Moselle Franconian is discussed: Germany: Languages of Germany: Moselle Franconian extends from Luxembourg through the Moselle valley districts and across the Rhine into the Westerwald. Ripuarian Franconian begins roughly near Aachen, at the Dutch-Belgian border, and spreads across the Rhine between Düsseldorf and Bonn into the Sauerland.

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