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| Rhenish Franconian | |
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| Rhenish-Franconian, Rhine Franconian, Rhine-Franconian | |
| Geographic distribution | Rhineland-Palatinate,Saarland,Hesse,Lorraine,Alsace |
| Linguistic classification | Indo-European |
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| Glottolog | rhin1244 |
 Rhenish Franconian among the Franconian languages. Hessian Palatine German & Lorraine Franconian | |
 East Franconian is classified as Vulnerable by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Rhenish Franconian orRhine Franconian (German:Rheinfränkisch[ˈʁaɪnfʁɛnkɪʃ]ⓘ) is adialect chain ofWest Central German. It comprises the varieties of German spoken across the western regions of the states ofSaarland,Rhineland-Palatinate, northwest Baden-Württemberg, andHesse in Germany. It is also spoken in northeast France, in the eastern part of thedépartement ofMoselle in theLorraine region, and in the north-west part ofBas-Rhin inAlsace. To the north, it is bounded by theSankt Goar line (ordas–dat line) which separates it fromMoselle Franconian; to the south, it is bounded by theMain line which is also referred to as theSpeyer line which separates it from theUpper German dialects.
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