page_title: Rhenish Franconian languages
hierarchical_section_title: Rhenish Franconian languages
caption_attribution_description: Afrikaans: Die Frankiese taalgebied. Deutsch: Fränkisches Sprachgebiet English: Franconian regions. &#160;&#160; en:Ripuarian language &#160;&#160; en:Moselle Franconian &#160;&#160; en:Luxemburgish &#160;&#160; en:Hessian &#160;&#160; en:Palatine German+en:Lorraine Franconian &#160;&#160; en:South Franconian &#160;&#160; en:East Franconian
context_page_description: Rhenish Franconian or Rhine Franconian is a dialect chain of West Central German. It comprises the varieties of German spoken across the western regions of the states of Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate, northwest Baden-Wurttemberg, and Hesse in Germany. It is also spoken in northeast France, in the eastern part of the département of Moselle in the Lorraine region, and in the north-west part of Bas-Rhin in Alsace. To the north, it is bounded by the Sankt Goar line which separates it from Moselle Franconian; to the south, it is bounded by the Main line which is also referred to as the Speyer line which separates it from the Upper German dialects.
context_section_description: Rhenish Franconian or Rhine Franconian (German: Rheinfränkisch ) is a dialect chain of West Central German. It comprises the varieties of German spoken across the western regions of the states of Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate, northwest Baden-Wurttemberg, and Hesse in Germany.  It is also spoken in northeast France, in the eastern part of the département of Moselle in the Lorraine region, and in the north-west part of Bas-Rhin in Alsace. To the north, it is bounded by the Sankt Goar line (or das–dat line) which separates it from Moselle Franconian; to the south, it is bounded by the Main line which is also referred to as the Speyer line which separates it from the Upper German dialects.
caption: Rhenish Franconian among the Franconian languages. 
    Hessian
    Palatine German & Lorraine Franconian
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