Ripuarian
E117319
Ripuarian is a group of closely related West Central German dialects spoken primarily in the Cologne region and surrounding areas along the Rhine.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ripuarian canonical | 2 |
| Ripuarian (Öcher Platt) | 1 |
| Ripuarian dialect area | 1 |
| Ripuarian dialects | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T991263 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Ripuarian Context triple: [Rhenish Franconian, neighboringDialectOf, Ripuarian]
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A.
Bodéwadmi
Bodéwadmi are an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous people of the Great Lakes region in North America, known in English as the Potawatomi.
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B.
Sicels
The Sicels were an ancient Italic people who inhabited eastern Sicily before and during the early Greek colonization of the island.
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C.
Suebi
The Suebi were a confederation of Germanic tribes known from classical antiquity for their migrations, warfare with the Roman Empire, and significant role in the history of Central and Western Europe.
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D.
Lombardic
Lombardic is an extinct West Germanic language once spoken by the Lombards in parts of Italy during the early Middle Ages.
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E.
Bastarnae
The Bastarnae were an ancient tribal group of mixed Celtic and Germanic (and possibly Sarmatian) origin that inhabited regions north of the Danube and frequently clashed with the Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Ripuarian Target entity description: Ripuarian is a group of closely related West Central German dialects spoken primarily in the Cologne region and surrounding areas along the Rhine.
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A.
Bodéwadmi
Bodéwadmi are an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous people of the Great Lakes region in North America, known in English as the Potawatomi.
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B.
Sicels
The Sicels were an ancient Italic people who inhabited eastern Sicily before and during the early Greek colonization of the island.
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C.
Suebi
The Suebi were a confederation of Germanic tribes known from classical antiquity for their migrations, warfare with the Roman Empire, and significant role in the history of Central and Western Europe.
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D.
Lombardic
Lombardic is an extinct West Germanic language once spoken by the Lombards in parts of Italy during the early Middle Ages.
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E.
Bastarnae
The Bastarnae were an ancient tribal group of mixed Celtic and Germanic (and possibly Sarmatian) origin that inhabited regions north of the Danube and frequently clashed with the Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German dialect continuum variety
ⓘ
West Central German dialect group ⓘ |
| borderedByDialectArea |
Limburgish area
ⓘ
Low Franconian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Low Franconian area
Low German area ⓘ Ardennes-Eifel region ⓘ
surface form:
Moselle Franconian area
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Colognian
ⓘ
Limburgish ⓘ Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
surface form:
Moselle Franconian
|
| endangeredStatus | declining intergenerational transmission ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Aachen dialect
ⓘ
Bonn dialect ⓘ Colognian ⓘ Eifel dialects ⓘ Siegerland dialects ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
distinctive pitch accent in Colognian
ⓘ
partial High German consonant shift ⓘ strong regional lexical variation ⓘ tonal accents in some varieties ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | ripu1236 ⓘ |
| hasISOCode | ksh ⓘ |
| hasStandardVariety | Colognian ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Dutch
ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch language
French ⓘ
surface form:
French language
Low Franconian dialects ⓘ Standard German ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Germanic languages
ⓘ
High German languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Central German languages
ⓘ
surface form:
West Central German
|
| sharesIsoglossWith |
Limburgish (Dutch variety)
ⓘ
surface form:
Limburgish
Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
surface form:
Moselle Franconian
|
| spokenAlong |
Rhine
ⓘ
surface form:
Rhine River
|
| spokenIn |
Belgium
ⓘ
Cologne Bonn metropolitan region ⓘ
surface form:
Cologne region
Eupen-Malmedy region ⓘ Germany ⓘ Limburg Province ⓘ
surface form:
Limburg province
Netherlands ⓘ North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ Rhineland ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Central German languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Central German dialects
High German dialects ⓘ |
| usedFor |
carnival songs
ⓘ
local literature ⓘ regional oral communication ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Ripuarian Description of subject: Ripuarian is a group of closely related West Central German dialects spoken primarily in the Cologne region and surrounding areas along the Rhine.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.