Moselle Franconian

English

Alternative forms

• Moselle-Franconian, Mosel Franconian

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, 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

• Central Franconian