Moselle Franconian language

Moselle Franconian (German: Moselfränkisch) is a variant of West Central German. It is spoken in southern Rhineland and in the Moselle. It is also spoken in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Luxembourg, and Belgium.

Moselle Franconian
Luxembourgish
Native to	Germany, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Romania
Region	North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Lorraine, Liège
Native speakers	(unknown)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Irminonic High German West Central German Central Franconian Moselle Franconian
Standard forms	Luxembourgish
Official status
Official language in	Luxembourg
Recognised minority language in	Belgium (recognised by the French Community of Belgium)
Language codes
ISO 639-1	lb
ISO 639-2	ltz
ISO 639-3	ltz
File:Moselfrankisch.png Area where Moselle Franconian / Luxembourgish is spoken with the isogloss between usage of "op" and "of" (Standard German: auf) shown

Varieties

The variants or varieties of Moselle Franconian:

• Trierisch
• Eifelisch
• Untermosellanisch
• West-Westerwäldisch
• Siegerländisch

• Luxembourgish
• Lorraine Franconian
• Transylvanian Saxon dialect
• Hunsrik

Moselle Franconian Language Media

• Mitteldeutsche Mundarten.png

  Central German language area after 1945 and the expulsions of the Germans. Moselle Franconian is shown in yellow (Germany) and blue (Luxembourg)

Related pages

• Rhine Franconian

File:Mitteldeutsche Mundarten.png

Central German language area. Moselle Franconian is shown in yellow (Germany) and blue (Luxembourg)

File:Die Frankiese taalgebied.png

Distribution of the Franconian dialects of the dialect continuum in the Lower (yellow), Central (green) and Upper German (blue) language regions