West Central German is a branch of the Central German dialect family of High German. It includes Central Franconian, comprising Ripuarian and Moselle Franconian, the latter giving rise to Luxembourgish and, in Brazil, Hunsrik; Rhine Franconian, comprising Palatinate Franconian and Lorraine Franconian, whose emigrant descendants include Pennsylvania German in North America; and Hessian, spoken in Hesse and the Rhenish Hesse region of Rhineland-Palatinate.
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RegionRhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, eastern Belgium, Lorraine 1 Connections
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Source West Central German (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 2Quote, Lead sentence 2
It includes the following sub-families:
Central Franconian (Mittelfränkisch)
Ripuarian (Ripuarisch), spoken in North Rhine-Westphalia (including Kölsch) and German-speaking Belgium and a small edge of the south of the Dutch province of Limbourg.
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1. West Central German (Wikipedia)
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Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, German-speaking Community of Belgium, Lorraine, Deitscherei
Wikidata: West Central German
Wikidata Q690982, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wikipedia: Luxembourgish Language
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West Central German
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