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Rhine Franconian
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English
Alternative forms
en Rhine-Franconian
en Rhinefranconian adjective
Etymology
Calque of en de Rheinfränkisch.
Proper noun
One of two main subgroups of the West Central German dialects; spoken in Hesse, the southeastern half of Rhineland-Palatinate, northernmost Baden-Württemberg, and traditionally in Lorraine (France); distinguished from Central Franconian by the use of gmw-rfr das that and gmw-rfr was what, and the pronunciation of Germanic -β- as a stop [p] when now in coda position.
en Rhenish Franconian (Rhenish-Franconian)
Meronyms
en Hessian
en Lorrainian
en Palatine
Holonyms
en West Central German
Coordinate terms
en Central Franconian
See also
gmw-rfr