Low Franconian languages

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West Germanic language group dialect continuum

Low Franconian languages are a group of closely related West Germanic dialects and languages, including Dutch and its regional varieties, spoken primarily in the Low Countries and adjacent areas.

Aliases (7)
Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf West Germanic language group →
dialect continuum →
distinctFrom Central German languages →
High Franconian dialects →
Low German languages →
hasAlternativeName Low Franconian dialects →
Low Frankish languages →
hasAncestor Old Dutch language →
Old Frankish language →
hasCharacteristic forms a dialect continuum between Dutch and German →
lack of High German consonant shift →
primarily spoken in lowland areas near the North Sea →
hasPart Afrikaans language →
Brabantian dialects →
Dutch language →
East Low Franconian dialects →
Flemish dialects →
Hollandic dialects →
Kleve-Cleves dialects →
Limburgish language →
Low Rhenish dialects →
Meuse-Rhenish dialects →
West Low Franconian dialects →
Zeelandic dialects →
hasStandardLanguage Standard Afrikaans →
Standard Dutch →
hasWritingSystem Latin script →
linguisticOriginPeriod Early Middle Ages →
namedAfter Franks →
sharesFeatureWith High German languages →
Low German languages →
spokenIn Belgium →
Caribbean Netherlands →
Flanders NERFINISHED →
France →
Germany →
Low Countries →
Luxembourg →
Meuse-Rhine area →
Namibia →
Netherlands →
Rhineland →
South Africa →
Suriname →
subclassOf Germanic languages →
Indo-European languages →
West Germanic languages →
Referenced by (14)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
South Guelderish →
Zeelandic →
languageFamily
Old Frankish ("Old Low Franconian") →
ancestorOf
High German ("Low Franconian") →
contrastsWith
Old Frankish ("Low Franconian dialect continuum") →
developedInto
High German consonant shift ("Low Franconian") →
distinguishesFrom
Low Franconian languages ("Low Frankish languages") →
hasAlternativeName
Proto-West Germanic →
hasDescendantBranch
Low Franconian languages ("Low Rhenish dialects") →
hasPart
South Guelderish ("Meuse-Rhenish dialect continuum") →
overlapsWith
South Guelderish ("Meuse-Rhenish dialect group") →
partOf
Old Frankish ("Low Franconian") →
partOfBranch
East Flemish ("Low Franconian dialect continuum") →
partOfDialectContinuum
South Guelderish ("Low Franconian") →
subclassOf
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