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Of or relating to Franconia or its inhabitants. examples
Of or relating to Franconian (dialect family). examples
plural Franconians
A native or inhabitant of Franconia. examples
A linguistic marker for a number of West Germanic languages and dialects spoken in the former core of the Frankish Empire: Low Countries (the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) and western Germany. Within these groups there are a number of well known languages and dialects, such as Dutch. quotations examples
Limburgs is the only East Franconian dialect spoken in the Netherlands. All other Franconian dialects in the Netherlands are West Franconian.
1986, Anne Pauwels, Immigrant Dialects and Language Maintenance in Australia: The Case of the Cases of the Limburg and Swabian Dialects, p. 23 (note: here it would be more proper to speak of Low Franconian)
The first three dialect groups [Flemish, Brabantic, Hollandic] may be referred to as West Franconian, while Limburgic is known as East Franconian.
1993, Colette M. van Kerckvoorde, An Introduction to Middle Dutch, p. 1 (note: here it would be more proper to speak of Low Franconian)