Low Franconian

Low Franconian

1. (linguistics) A group of continental West Germanic varieties, most prominent of which is the Dutch language.

• Note that Low Franconian is not spoken in the Bavarian region of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken), where, as in virtually all of Franconia, an Upper Franconian dialect is used. The linguistic term refers to the historic Franks, not the modern region.

• Low Frankish

• Dutch = Netherlandish, Netherlandic
  • Central Dutch
    • Hollandic
  • Zeelandic, Zealandic
  • Brabantian, Brabantic, Brabantish
  • Flemish
• Afrikaans
• East Low Franconian (uncommon) = South Low Franconian (rare)
  • Limburgan, Limburgian, Limburgic, Limburgish
• Kleverlandish (rare)

• Old Low Franconian
• Middle Low Franconian

• West Low Franconian (adjective)