Franconian

Adjective

 * 1) Of or relating to Franconia (region in Bavaria) or its inhabitants.
 * 2) Of or relating to Franconian (dialects descending from Old Frankish, see proper noun below).
 * 3) * 1886, H. A. Strong, Kuno Meyer, Outlines of a history of the German language, p. 68 :
 * 107. T HE L OW F RANCONIAN .—This was spoken on the lower Rhine. The oldest monument in it is the so-called Malberg (i.e. mahal-berg 'mount of justice') Gloss, i.e. Franconian vocables entered as glosses into the Salic Code of Law written in Latin.
 * 1) * Yves Lejeune, The case of Belgium, in: 2010, European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages: Minority language protection in Europe: into a new decade: Regional or minority languages, No. 8, Council of Europe Publishing, p. 43ff., here p. 53:
 * Franconian languages and dialects form a Germanic language group within western Middle German. Some linguists adopt a much broader approach and consider that Franconian also embraces dialects of Low German (Flemish, Brabantish, Limburgish, Dutch, Utrechtian, etc.) and High German (southern Rheno-Franconian and eastern Franconian).
 * 1) * Björn Köhnlein, Marc van Oostendorp, Introduction, chapter 3 The place of Franconian tones in the debate; in: 2018, Wolfgang Kehrein, Björn Köhnlein, Paul Boersma, Marc van Oostendorp (eds.), Segmental Structure and Tone (series: LA: Linguistische Arbeiten), p. 1ff., here p. 5f.:
 * The group of Franconian dialects (West Germanic, Indo-European) which is spoken in the east of Belgium, the south-east of the Netherlands and the neighbouring area in the west of Germany, has a particular interest for the debate [...]

Translations

 * Catalan: francònic
 * Czech:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Marathi: फ्रँकोनियन
 * Polish:
 * Spanish: francón
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: Ffranconaidd

Noun

 * 1) A native or inhabitant of Franconia.

Translations

 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Italian: Francone
 * Marathi: फ्रँकोनियन
 * Welsh: Ffranconiad

Proper noun

 * 1) * Yves Lejeune, The case of Belgium, in: 2010, European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages: Minority language protection in Europe: into a new decade: Regional or minority languages, No. 8, Council of Europe Publishing, p. 43ff., here p. 53:
 * Franconian languages and dialects form a Germanic language group within western Middle German. Some linguists adopt a much broader approach and consider that Franconian also embraces dialects of Low German (Flemish, Brabantish, Limburgish, Dutch, Utrechtian, etc.) and High German (southern Rheno-Franconian and eastern Franconian).
 * 1) * Björn Köhnlein, Marc van Oostendorp, Introduction, chapter 3 The place of Franconian tones in the debate; in: 2018, Wolfgang Kehrein, Björn Köhnlein, Paul Boersma, Marc van Oostendorp (eds.), Segmental Structure and Tone (series: LA: Linguistische Arbeiten), p. 1ff., here p. 5f.:
 * The group of Franconian dialects (West Germanic, Indo-European) which is spoken in the east of Belgium, the south-east of the Netherlands and the neighbouring area in the west of Germany, has a particular interest for the debate [...]. [...] In many other respects, however, tonal Franconian does not fit with what is known about tone languages.
 * 1) * Björn Köhnlein, Marc van Oostendorp, Introduction, chapter 3 The place of Franconian tones in the debate; in: 2018, Wolfgang Kehrein, Björn Köhnlein, Paul Boersma, Marc van Oostendorp (eds.), Segmental Structure and Tone (series: LA: Linguistische Arbeiten), p. 1ff., here p. 5f.:
 * The group of Franconian dialects (West Germanic, Indo-European) which is spoken in the east of Belgium, the south-east of the Netherlands and the neighbouring area in the west of Germany, has a particular interest for the debate [...]. [...] In many other respects, however, tonal Franconian does not fit with what is known about tone languages.

Related terms

 * (usually called or simply )
 * or (including )
 * or
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Translations

 * Catalan: fràncic
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Marathi: फ्रँकोनियन
 * Welsh: Ffranconeg