Franconian German, also called Moselle Franconian, refers to the High German varieties of Luxembourg, the Saarland, Lorraine, the Eifel area of Germany, and portions of Belgium.

Within Franconian German the following groupings are distinguished:

• West Central German
  • Middle Franconian
    • Ripuarian (North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Belgium)
      • Limburgish (Limburg in the Netherlands and Belgium, also extending towards Cologne)
    • Moselle Franconian (North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)
      • Luxembourgish (Luxembourg, Belgium and France)
  • Rhine Franconian
    • Lorrainian German (France)
    • Westpalatine dialects (Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)
      • Pennsylvania German or Pennsylvania Dutch (historical communities in North America, especially Pennsylvania)
    • Forepalatine dialects (Rhineland-Palatinate and France)
    • Hesse-Nassauisch (Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate)
    • Lower Hesse dialects (Hesse, Thuringia)

• transition area between Central German and Upper German
  • East Franconian German (Bavaria, Thuringia, Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Saxony and Czech Republic)
  • South Franconian German (Baden-Württemberg)

See also

• East Central German

West Germanic languages

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