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Rhine Franconian (German: Rheinfränkisch), or Rhenish Franconian, is a dialect
Dialect

A dialect is a variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by other factors, such as social class....
 family of West Central German
West Central German

West Central German belongs to the Central German, High German languages dialect family in the German language. Its dialects are thoroughly Franconian languages including the following sub-families:...
. It comprises the German dialects spoken across the western regions of the states of Saarland
Saarland

Saarland is one of the 16 States of Germany of Germany. The capital is Saarbr?cken. It has an area of 2570 km? and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population it is the smallest of the German Fl?chenl?nder , i.e., those that are not City States ....
, Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 States of Germany of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz....
, and Hesse
Hesse

Hesse is a States of Germany of Germany with an area of 21,110 km? and just over six million inhabitants. The state capital is Wiesbaden. Hesse's largest city is nearby Frankfurt am Main....
 in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. It is also spoken in northeast France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, in the eastern part of the département of Moselle
Moselle

Moselle is a departments of France in the east of France named after the Moselle River....
 in the Lorraine
Lorraine (province)

Lorraine is a historical area in present-day northeast France. Some of the main cities are Metz, France, Nancy and Verdun....
 region, and in the northern part of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin is a Departments of France of France. The name means "Lower Rhine"....
 in Alsace
Alsace

Alsace is the fourth-smallest of the 26 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the sixth-most densely populated region in France , with 222 inhabitants per km? ....
. To the north, it is bounded by the Sankt Goar line
Sankt Goar line

In German linguistics, the Sankt Goar line, Das-Dat line, or the Was?Wat line is an isogloss separating the dialects to the north, which have a /t/ in the words dat "that" and wat "what", from the dialects to the south , which have an /s/: das, was....
 (“das/dat line”) which separates it from Moselle Franconian
Moselle Franconian

Moselle Franconian is a group of High German languages dialects spoken in parts of the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, in the south of the German-speaking Community of Belgium, in the neighbouring...
; to the south, it is bounded by the Main line
Speyer line

In German linguistics, the Speyer line, Main line , or Germersheim line is an isogloss separating the dialects to the north, which have a geminated stop in words like Appel "apple", from the dialects to the south, which have an affricate: Apfel....
 which is also referred to as the Speyer line which separates it from the Upper German
Upper German

Upper German is a family of High German languages dialects spoken primarily in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Northern Italy....
 dialects.








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Rhine Franconian (German: Rheinfränkisch), or Rhenish Franconian, is a dialect
Dialect

A dialect is a variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by other factors, such as social class....
 family of West Central German
West Central German

West Central German belongs to the Central German, High German languages dialect family in the German language. Its dialects are thoroughly Franconian languages including the following sub-families:...
. It comprises the German dialects spoken across the western regions of the states of Saarland
Saarland

Saarland is one of the 16 States of Germany of Germany. The capital is Saarbr?cken. It has an area of 2570 km? and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population it is the smallest of the German Fl?chenl?nder , i.e., those that are not City States ....
, Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 States of Germany of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz....
, and Hesse
Hesse

Hesse is a States of Germany of Germany with an area of 21,110 km? and just over six million inhabitants. The state capital is Wiesbaden. Hesse's largest city is nearby Frankfurt am Main....
 in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. It is also spoken in northeast France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, in the eastern part of the département of Moselle
Moselle

Moselle is a departments of France in the east of France named after the Moselle River....
 in the Lorraine
Lorraine (province)

Lorraine is a historical area in present-day northeast France. Some of the main cities are Metz, France, Nancy and Verdun....
 region, and in the northern part of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin is a Departments of France of France. The name means "Lower Rhine"....
 in Alsace
Alsace

Alsace is the fourth-smallest of the 26 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the sixth-most densely populated region in France , with 222 inhabitants per km? ....
. To the north, it is bounded by the Sankt Goar line
Sankt Goar line

In German linguistics, the Sankt Goar line, Das-Dat line, or the Was?Wat line is an isogloss separating the dialects to the north, which have a /t/ in the words dat "that" and wat "what", from the dialects to the south , which have an /s/: das, was....
 (“das/dat line”) which separates it from Moselle Franconian
Moselle Franconian

Moselle Franconian is a group of High German languages dialects spoken in parts of the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, in the south of the German-speaking Community of Belgium, in the neighbouring...
; to the south, it is bounded by the Main line
Speyer line

In German linguistics, the Speyer line, Main line , or Germersheim line is an isogloss separating the dialects to the north, which have a geminated stop in words like Appel "apple", from the dialects to the south, which have an affricate: Apfel....
 which is also referred to as the Speyer line which separates it from the Upper German
Upper German

Upper German is a family of High German languages dialects spoken primarily in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Northern Italy....
 dialects.

See also

Saarland
Saarland

Saarland is one of the 16 States of Germany of Germany. The capital is Saarbr?cken. It has an area of 2570 km? and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population it is the smallest of the German Fl?chenl?nder , i.e., those that are not City States ....
 (section Language), Moselle Franconian
Moselle Franconian

Moselle Franconian is a group of High German languages dialects spoken in parts of the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, in the south of the German-speaking Community of Belgium, in the neighbouring...
 (neighbouring dialect)

Bibliography

  • Hughes, Stephanie. 2005. Bilingualism in North-East France with specific reference to Rhenish Franconian spoken by Moselle Cross-border (or frontier) workers. In Preisler, Bent, et al., eds. The Consequences of Mobility: Linguistic and Sociocultural Contact Zones. Roskilde, Denmark: Roskilde Universitetscenter: Institut for Sprog og Kultur. ISBN 8773496510.