Rhenish Franconian

E21394
High German dialect West Central German dialect dialect group

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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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form Occurrences
Lorraine Franconian 10
Moselle Franconian 3
Rhine Franconian 2

Statements (47)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

Rhenish Franconian → glottologName → Rhenish Franconian self-link ⓘ
Rhenish Franconian → hasAlternativeName → Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rheinfränkisch
Lorraine → hasMinorityLanguage → 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 ⓘ
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
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
New High German → includes → Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine Franconian dialects
West Germanic languages → includesLanguage → Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ripuarian Franconian
Lorraine → languageTradition → Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lorraine Franconian
Duchy of Lorraine → languageUsed → Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lorraine Franconian
Old High German → majorDialect → Rhenish 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
Bitche → regionalLanguage → Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lorraine Franconian
eastern France → regionalLanguage → Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern France
this entity surface form: Lorraine Franconian
Hettange-Grande → regionalLanguage → Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lorraine Franconian
Saarland → regionalLanguage → Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moselle Franconian
Saarland → regionalLanguage → Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine Franconian
Thionville → regionalLanguage → Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lorraine 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
Luxembourgish → subgroup → Rhenish Franconian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moselle Franconian dialect group