Franconians ==
Let me say it with Marlene Dietrich:

Where are all the Franconians gone?

I remember that there are not only Low Franconian dialects (related to Dutch), but Rhine Franconian dialects spoken in Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Luxembourg e. g. and Main Franconian dialects spoken in northern Bavaria. Because it is not true, Bavarian Dialects are spoken in the Nuremberg area! 

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