Moselle Franconian | |
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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 | |
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ISO 639-3 | None (mis )Individual codes: ltz – Luxembourgishhrx – Hunsrik |
Glottolog | luxe1241 |
![]() Area where Moselle Franconian / Luxembourgish is spoken with the isogloss between usage of op and of (Standard German: auf) shown | |
![]() Moselle Franconian is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Moselle Franconian (German: Moselfränkisch, Luxembourgish: Muselfränkesch) is a West Central German language, part of the Central Franconian languages area, that includes Luxembourgish. It is spoken in the southern Rhineland and along the course of the Moselle, in the Siegerland of North Rhine-Westphalia, throughout western Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Luxembourg, the south of the German-speaking Community of Belgium and in the neighboring French département of Moselle (in Arrondissement of Boulay-Moselle). The Transylvanian Saxon dialect spoken in the Transylvania region of Romania 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, the Hunsrik, is spoken in some rural areas of southern Brazil, brought by 19th century immigrants from the Hunsrück region in modern Germany.[1][2]
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