Moselle Franconian

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English

Etymology

Calque of German Moselfränkisch.

Proper noun

Moselle Franconian

  1. One of two subgroups of the Central Franconian dialects; spoken in the north-western half of Rhineland-Palatinate, the Siegerland, and parts of eastern Belgium; distinguished from the northern Ripuarian by a number of fairly parallel isoglosses, of which the Moselle Franconian diphthongization of Germanic -ī-, -ū- is the most important.

Usage notes

  • Luxembourgish was traditionally included in this group, but is now usually regarded as a separate branch.

Hypernyms

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