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Low Franconian
Lower Franconian, Low Frankish; Netherlandic, Netherlandish
Dutch: Nederfrankisch; High German: Niederfränkisch
Geographic
distribution
Netherlands, northern Belgium, northern France, western Germany, Suriname, Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Namibia and South Africa
Linguistic classificationIndo-European
  • Germanic
    • West Germanic
      • Weser–Rhine Germanic / Istvaeonic
        • Low Franconian
Early form
Frankish
Subdivisions
  • Dutch (including Afrikaans, Kaaps, and Surinaams)
  • Limburgish
Glottologwese1235  (Macro-Dutch)
macr1270
Distribution of Low Franconian, including the Low Franconian–Ripuarian transition area in Limburg and West Germany.

In historical and comparative linguistics, Low Franconian is a linguistic category used to classify a number of historical and contemporary West Germanic varieties closely related to, and including, the Dutch language. Most dialects and languages included within this category are spoken in the Netherlands, northern Belgium (Flanders), in the Nord department of France, in western Germany (Lower Rhine), as well as in Suriname, South Africa and Namibia.

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Low Franconian

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In historical and comparative linguistics, Low Franconian is a linguistic category used to classify a number of historical and contemporary West Germanic...

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Old Dutch

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Oudnederlands) or Old Low Franconian (Dutch: Oudnederfrankisch) is the set of dialects that evolved from Frankish spoken in the Low Countries during the...

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German language

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comprise the Low German and Low Franconian dialects. As members of the West Germanic language family, High German, Low German, and Low Franconian have been...

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Frankish language

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Frankish (reconstructed endonym: *Frenkisk), also known as Old Franconian or Old Frankish, was the West Germanic language spoken by the Franks from the...

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Languages of the Netherlands

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Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten and Suriname. It is a West Germanic, Low Franconian language that originated in the Early Middle Ages (c. 470) and was standardised...

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List of Germanic languages

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Upper German High Franconian East Franconian German South Franconian German Alemannic German Swabian German, including Stuttgart Low Alemannic German,...

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Central Franconian languages

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Central Franconian dialects are part of a continuum stretching from the Low Franconian language area in the northwest to the Rhine Franconian dialects...

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Name of the Franks

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derived names of Francia and Franconia (and the adjectives Frankish and Franconian), are derived from the name given to a Germanic tribal confederation which...

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High German languages

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by the High German consonant shift, separating it from Low German (Low Saxon) and Low Franconian (including Dutch) within the continental West Germanic...

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German dialects

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within the Franconian cluster, which is divided into Low Franconian, Middle Franconian and Upper Franconian even though the Low Franconian (i.e. Dutch)...

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Ripuarian language

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Franconian dialect family and also to the linguistic continuum with the Low Franconian languages. It is spoken in the Rhineland south of the Benrath line —...

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Low German

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it blends into the Low Franconian languages, including Dutch. A distinguishing feature between the Low Franconian varieties and Low German varieties is...

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Limburgish

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from Old East Low Franconian, which had evolved itself from earlier Weser–Rhine Germanic, a language which had been spoken in the Low Countries on both...

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Hollandic dialect

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Central Dutch dialects. Other important language varieties of spoken Low Franconian languages are Brabantian, Flemish (East Flemish, West Flemish), Zeelandic...

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Dutch language

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West Germanic Low Franconian Dutch Afrikaans, Dutch-based creoles Dutch belongs to its own West Germanic sub-group, the Low Franconian languages, paired...

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Kleverlandish

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Kleverlandish (Dutch: Kleverlands; German: Kleverländisch) is a group of Low Franconian dialects spoken on both sides of the Dutch-German border along the Meuse...

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Eifeler Regel

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West Central German (notably Luxembourgish, Colognian and Hessian), High Franconian and Alemannic; and excludes all dialects of the Eastern group, such as...

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Terminology of the Low Countries

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Franks that stayed in the Low Countries had kept their original language, i.e., Old Dutch, also known as "Old Low Franconian" among linguists. At the time...

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Franconia

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[ˈfʁaŋkŋ̍] ; East Franconian: Franggn [ˈfrɑŋɡŋ̍]; Bavarian: Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and East Franconian dialect (German:...

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Old Franconian

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Look up Old Frankish or Old Low Franconian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Old Franconian may mean: Old Frankish language, the Frankish language,...

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Central German

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linguistic transition region separated from Northern Germany (Low German/Low Franconian) by the Benrath line isogloss and separated from Southern Germany...

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Afrikaans

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Germanic Low Franconian Dutch Afrikaans Afrikaans descended from Dutch dialects in the 17th century. It belongs to a West Germanic sub-group, the Low Franconian...

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Languages of Europe

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West Germanic is divided into Anglo-Frisian (including English), Low German, Low Franconian (including Dutch) and High German (including Standard German)...

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Dutch Low Saxon

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Dutch Low Saxon (Nederlaands Leegsaksies [ˈneːdərlaːnts ˈleːxsɑksis] or Nederlaands Nedersaksies; Dutch: Nederlands Nedersaksisch) are the Low Saxon dialects...

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Flemish dialects

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Flemish (Vlaams) is a Low Franconian dialect cluster of the Dutch language. It is sometimes referred to as Flemish Dutch (Vlaams-Nederlands), Belgian Dutch...

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