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Moselle Franconian
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English
Alternative forms
en Moselle-Franconian Mosel Franconian
Etymology
Calque of en de Moselfränkisch.
Proper noun
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, especially the Dorf-Dorf-Linie and also the Moselle Franconian diphthongization of Germanic -ī-, -ū-.
Usage notes
Luxembourgish is traditionally included in this group, but is now usually regarded as a separate branch.
Holonyms
en Central Franconian
Translations
subgroup of the Central Franconian dialect
German: de Moselfränkisch n
Polish: pl dialekt mozelski m-pr