Moselle Franconian language

Moselle Franconian
Native to	Germany, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Romania, Brazil
Region	North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Lorraine, Liège
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic 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),  Brazil (recognised as Cultural Heritage in the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis) Individual codes: ltz – Luxembourgish hrx – 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]