What is Low Franconian?
{{Infobox language family |name=Low Franconian |altname=Low Frankish<br /> Dutch: ''Nederfrankisch''; High German: ''Niederfränkisch'' |ancestor=[[Frankish language|Old Frankish]] |child1=[[Dutch language|Dutch]] (Netherlandic, Netherlandish) |child2=[[Low Rhenish]] |child3=[[Zeelandic]] |child4=[[Afrikaans]] |familycolor=Indo-European |fam2=[[Germanic languages|Germanic]] |fam3=[[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] |fam4=[[Weser-Rhine Germanic]] |region=Netherlands, northern Belgium, northern France, western Germany, [[Suriname]], [[Netherlands Antilles]], [[Aruba]], [[Namibia]] and South Africa |map=Niederfränkisch.png|glottorefname=Low Franconian|glottoname=Low Franconian (Weser–Rhine) |mapcaption=Distribution of Low Franconian, including the Low Franconian-Ripuarian transition area in Limburg. The Ripuarian-based dialect of Kerkrade and the surrounding area is not shown. |glotto=wese1235 }} '''Low Franconian''' or '''Low Frankish''' ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''Nederfrankisch'', [[High German]]: ''Niederfränkisch'') is a dialect close to the [[Dutch language]]. [[File:Les_Francs_entre_400_et_440.svg|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Les_Francs_entre_400_et_440.svg|thumb|300x300px|Frankish settlement areas by the 5th century: {{legend|#fff600|[[Salian Franks]]}}{{legend|#ffa700|[[Ripuarian Franks]]}}]] {{authority control}} {{Europe-stub}} [[Category:German dialects]] [[Category:West Germanic languages]] [[Category:Languages of Germany]] [[Category:Languages of the Netherlands]] [[Category:Languages of South Africa]] [[Category:Belgian culture]] [[Category:Languages of Suriname]] [[Category:Dialects of Dutch]]