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| Central Franconian | |
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| Middle Franconian (Mittelfränkisch) | |
| Geographic distribution | North Rhine-Westphalia,Rhineland-Palatinate,Saarland,Lorraine,Luxembourg,Liège,Limburg |
| Linguistic classification | Indo-European |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | midd1319 |
 Central Franconian among the Franconian languages. Ripuarian Moselle Franconian Luxembourgish | |
Central orMiddle Franconian (German:mittelfränkische Dialekte, mittelfränkische Mundarten, mittelfränkische Mundart, Mittelfränkisch) refers to the following continuum ofWest Central German dialects:
Luxembourgish is often included within Moselle Franconian, but sometimes regarded as a separate group. TheGerman-speaking Community of Belgium comprises both Ripuarian and Moselle Franconian dialects. The Central Franconian dialects are part of a continuum stretching from theLow Franconian language area in the northwest to theRhine Franconian dialects in the southeast.Along withLimburgish, Central Franconian has a simple tone system calledpitch accent.[1]
The Central Franconian language area is not to be confused with theBavarian administrative district ofMiddle Franconia, whereEast Franconian dialects are spoken.
The Central Franconian dialects are of particular interest to linguists because of the tonal distinctions made between different words, for example (Ripuarian)zɛɪ (tonal accent 1) "sieve" vs.zɛɪ (tonal accent 2) "she". SeePitch-accent language.[2]
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