Lorraine Franconian
West Central German dialect spoken in Lorraine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Lorrain dialect or Alsatian dialect.
"Francique" redirects here. For the Grenadian athlete, see Alleyne Francique.
Lorraine Franconian (Lorraine Franconian: Plàtt or lottrìnger Plàtt; French: francique lorrain or platt lorrain; German: Lothringisch) is an ambiguous designation for dialects of West Central German (German: Westmitteldeutsch), a group of High German dialects spoken in the Moselle department of the former northeastern French region of Lorraine (See Linguistic boundary of Moselle).
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Lorraine Franconian | |
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Lottrìnger Plàtt | |
Native to | France |
Region | Moselle |
Native speakers | (c. 360,000 cited 1962)[1] |
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Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
Regulated by | No official regulation |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | loth1238 Lothringisch |
IETF | gmw-u-sd-fr57 |
Dialects of Moselle. Those in purple areas are lumped under the term "Lorraine Franconian" when spoken in France. |
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