Central Franconian (German: Mittelfränkisch) is a name for the following set of West Central German dialect groups: Ripuarian (spoken in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia in eastern Belgium and the southeastern tip of Dutch Limburg) Moselle Franconian (in German Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland in eastern Belgium and French Lorraine) Luxembourgish (in Luxembourg and the adjacent areas of Belgium and France)Luxembourgish is often included within Moselle Franconian but sometimes regarded as a separate group.
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Germanic languages, High German languages, West Central German, West Germanic languages
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Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Lorraine (region), North Rhine-Westphalia, Liège (province), Province of Limburg (1815–39), France
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