| Moselle Franconian | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Germany,France,Luxembourg,Belgium,Romania,Brazil |
| Region | North Rhine-Westphalia,Rhineland-Palatinate,Saarland,Lorraine,Liège |
Early forms | Proto-Indo-European
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Standard forms | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Luxembourg |
Recognised minority language in |  Belgium (recognised by theFrench Community of Belgium), Brazil (recognised as Cultural Heritage in the states ofSanta Catarina andRio Grande do Sul) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis)Individual codes: ltz – Luxembourgishhrx – Hunsrik |
| Glottolog | luxe1241 |
 Area where Moselle Franconian /Luxembourgish is spoken with theisogloss between usage ofop andof (Standard German:auf) shown | |
 Moselle Franconian is classified as Vulnerable by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Moselle Franconian (German:Moselfränkisch;Luxembourgish:Muselfränkesch) is aWest Central German language, part of theCentral Franconian languages area, that includesLuxembourgish.
Moselle Franconian is spoken in the southernRhineland and along the course of theMoselle, in theSiegerland ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia, throughout westernRhineland-Palatinate andSaarland,Luxembourg, the south of theGerman-speaking Community of Belgium and in the neighboringFrench département ofMoselle (inArrondissement of Boulay-Moselle). TheTransylvanian Saxon dialect spoken in theTransylvania region ofRomania is derived from this dialect as a result of the emigration of numerous "Transylvanian Saxons" between 1100 and 1300, primarily from areas in which the Moselle Franconian dialect was then spoken. Another variety of Moselle Franconian, theHunsrik, is spoken in some rural areas ofsouthern Brazil, brought by19th century immigrants from theHunsrück region in modern Germany.[1][2]
The transition between "dialect" and "separate language" is fluid.[3]
TheLinguasphere Register[4] lists five dialects of Moselle Franconian (code 52-ACB-dc) with codes -dca to -dce:
Also considered part of the Moselle Franconian language are the variants ofLorraine Franconian,Luxembourgish[5][6] andTransylvanian Saxon dialect.
Some Moselle Franconian dialects have developed into standardized varieties which can be considered separate languages, especially due to the limited intelligibility of some dialects for Standard German speakers:
Most speakers of Luxembourgish are multilingual, speaking Standard German and French in addition to Luxembourgish.
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