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| Along with ], Central Franconian has a simple tone system called ].<ref name="Russ 2013 p. 136">{{cite book | last=Russ | first=Charles | title=The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic Survey | publisher=Routledge | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-136-08668-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ga3bAAAAQBAJ | access-date=17 Feb 2018 | page=136}}</ref> | Along with ], Central Franconian has a simple tone system called ].<ref name="Russ 2013 p. 136">{{cite book | last=Russ | first=Charles | title=The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic Survey | publisher=Routledge | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-136-08668-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ga3bAAAAQBAJ | access-date=17 Feb 2018 | page=136}}</ref> | ||
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Group of West Central German dialects | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
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| Central Franconian | |
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| Middle Franconian (Mittelfränkisch) | |
| Geographic distribution | North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Lorraine, Luxembourg, Liège, Limburg |
| Linguistic classification | Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | midd1319 |
 Central Franconian among the Franconian languages.
Ripuarian
Moselle Franconian
Luxemburgish | |
Central or Middle Franconian (Template:Lang-de) refers to the following continuum of West Central German dialects:
- Ripuarian (spoken in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in eastern Belgium, and the southeastern tip of Dutch Limburg)
- Moselle Franconian (in German Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, in eastern Belgium and French Lorraine)
- Luxembourgish (in Luxembourg and the adjacent areas of Belgium and France)
Luxembourgish is often included within Moselle Franconian, but sometimes regarded as a separate group. The German-speaking Community of Belgium comprises both Ripuarian and Moselle Franconian dialects. The Central Franconian dialects are part of a continuum stretching from the Low Franconian language area in the northwest to the Rhine Franconian dialects in the southeast. Along with Limburgish, Central Franconian has a simple tone system called pitch accent.
The Central Franconian language area is not to be confused with the Bavarian administrative district of Middle Franconia, where East Franconian dialects are spoken.
The Central Franconian dialects are of particular interest to linguists because of the tonal distinctions made between different words, for example (Ripuarian) zɛɪ (tonal accent 1) "sieve" vs. zɛɪ (tonal accent 2) "she". See Pitch-accent language.
References
- Russ, Charles (2013). The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic Survey. Routledge. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-136-08668-7. Retrieved 17 Feb 2018.
- de Vaan, M. "Towards an Explanation of the Franconian Tone Accents", (Leiden University Repository), p. 2.
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