West Middle German

West Middle German is a High German dialect family in the German language. Its dialects are thoroughly Franconian including the following sub-families:

• Middle Franconian
  • Ripuarian Franconian (North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Belgium)
  • Luxembourgish (Luxembourg, Belgium and France)
• Rhine Franconian
  • Moselle Franconian (North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)
  • Lorrainian German (France)
  • Westpalatine dialects (Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)
  • Forepalatine dialects (Rhineland-Palatinate and France)
  • Hesse Nassauish (Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate)
• Lower Hesse dialects (Hesse, Thuringia)

Apart from West Middle German on the southern edge and in south-east Franconian dialects are turning to Upper German. This transition area between Middle German and Upper German is captured by the dialect families of Southern Franconian and East Franconian , colloquially miscalled Franconian, because dialects of this sub-family are spoken all over Franconia.

See also

• East Middle German
• Franconian language
• Limburgish language

External link

• German dialects of today (in German)