Rhine Franconian

Rhenish Franconian
Rhine Franconian
Geographic distribution	Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Hesse
Linguistic classification	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Irminonic High German Central German West Central German Rhenish Franconian
Language codes
Glottolog	rhin1244
Rhenish Franconian among the Franconian languages.   Hessian   Palatine German & Lorraine Franconian

Area where Rhine Franconian is spoken. 1 Hessian, 2 Palatinate German 3 Lorraine Franconian

Rhine Franconian or Rhenish Franconian (German: Rheinfränkisch) is a dialect chain of West Central German. It is spoken across the regions of the states of Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate, northwest Baden-Wurttemberg, and Hesse in Germany. It is also spoken in northeast France, in the eastern part of the département of Moselle in the Lorraine region. It's also spoken in the north-west part of Bas-Rhin in Alsace.