Lorraine Franconian (French: francique mosellan, platt lorrain, platt mosellan) is a designation, in practice ambiguous, for dialects of German spoken in the north-eastern part of the French region of Lorraine. These dialects all belong to the Western Central High German (German: Westmitteldeutsch) group of German dialects. The term Lorraine Franconian has multiple denotations. Some scholars use it to refer to the entire above mentioned group of ...
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