Rhine Franconian (English, name)
expansion: Rhine Franconian
Senses:
glosses: one of two main subgroups of the West Central German dialects; spoken in Hesse, the southeastern half of Rhineland-Palatinate, northernmost Baden-Württemberg, and traditionally in Lorraine (France); distinguished from Central Franconian by the use of das (“that”) and was (“what”), and the pronunciation of Germanic -β- as a stop [p] when now in coda position.
Forms:
form: Rhine-Franconian
tags: alternative
form: Rhinefranconian
tags: alternative
adjective