Moselle Franconian language

Moselle Franconian
Luxembourgish
Native to	Germany, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Romania
Region	North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Lorraine, Liège
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`
Glottolog	`luxe1241`
Area where Moselle Franconian / Luxembourgish is spoken with the isogloss between usage of "op" and "of" (Standard German: auf) shown

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.

Varieties

The variants or varieties of Moselle Franconian:

Trierisch
Eifelisch
Untermosellanisch
West-Westerwäldisch
Siegerländisch

Luxembourgish
Lorraine Franconian
Transylvanian Saxon dialect
Hunsrik

Related pages

Rhine Franconian

References