What is Rhine Franconian?
{{Infobox language family|name=Rhenish Franconian|altname=Rhine Franconian|region=[[Rhineland-Palatinate]], [[Saarland]], [[Hesse]]|familycolor=Indo-European|fam2=[[Germanic languages|Germanic]]|fam3=[[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]]|fam4=[[Elbe Germanic|Irminonic]]|fam5=[[High German languages|High German]]|fam6=[[Central German]]|fam7=[[West Central German]]|glotto=rhin1244|glottorefname=Rhenish Franconian|map=Die Frankiese taalgebied.png|mapcaption=Rhenish Franconian among the Franconian languages. {{Legend|#3C9209|Hessian}} {{Legend|#008000|Palatine German & Lorraine Franconian}}}} [[File:Rheinfrankisch.png|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rheinfrankisch.png|right|thumb|319x319px|Area where Rhine Franconian is spoken. 1 [[Hessian dialects|Hessian]], 2 [[Palatine German language|Palatinate German]] 3 [[Lorraine Franconian]] ]] '''Rhine Franconian''' or '''Rhenish Franconian''' ([[German language|German]]: ''Rheinfränkisch'') is a [[dialect chain]] of [[West Central German]]. It is spoken across the regions of the states of [[Saarland]], [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], northwest [[Baden-Württemberg|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. It's also spoken in the north-west part of [[Bas-Rhin]] in [[Alsace]]. {{europe-stub}} [[Category:German dialects]] [[Category:Languages of Germany]]