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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. 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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  4. It is either Rhine Franconian or Moselle Franconian depending on the precise dialect. Moselle Franconian is a family of dialects closely related to Rhine Franconian. In my experience, they are all quite similar. Moselle and Rhine Franconian should not be confused with Meuse-Rhenish dialects which are spoken further downstream.

  5. Moselle Romance ( German: Moselromanisch; French: Roman de la Moselle) is an extinct Gallo-Romance (most probably Langue d'oïl) dialect that developed after the fall of the Roman Empire along the Moselle river in modern-day Germany, near the border with France. It was part of a wider group of Romance relic areas within the German-speaking ...

  6. 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.

  7. 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, western Rhineland ...

  8. The German-speaking Community of Belgium comprises both Ripuarian and Moselle Franconian dialects. The Central Franconian dialects are part of a continuum stretching from the Low Franconian language area in the northwest to the Rhine Franconian dialects in the southeast. Along with Limburgish, Central Franconian has a simple tone system called ...

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