Low Franconian
Sign in to saveAlso known as Low Franconian languages, Low Frankish, Netherlandic, Low Frankish languages, Netherlandic languages, Netherlandish, Nederfrankisch, Niederfränkisch
language family
Key facts
- Geographic distribution
- Netherlands, northern Belgium, northern France, western Germany, Suriname , Netherlands Antilles , Aruba , Namibia and South Africa
- Linguistic classification
- Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Weser–Rhine Germanic Low Franconian
- Early form
- Frankish
- Subdivisions
- West or North Low Franconian (including Dutch and Afrikaans ) East or South Low Franconian (including Limburgish and Bergish )
- Glottolog
- macr1270 (Macro-Dutch)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- dialect
- Country
- Netherlands
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- model item
- South Guelderish
- topic's main category
- Category:Low Franconian languages
- writing system
- Latin script
- Commons category
- Low Franconian
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Encyclopedic overview
In historical and comparative linguistics, Low Franconian is a linguistic category used to classify a number of historical and contemporary West Germanic varieties closely related to, and including, the Dutch language. Most dialects and languages included within this category are spoken in the Netherlands, northern Belgium (Flanders), in the Nord department of France, in western Germany (Lower Rhine), as well as in Suriname, South Africa and Namibia.
Terminology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Low Franconian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.