1. Franconian - Noun
2. Franconian - Adjective
3. Franconian - Proper noun
Of or relating to Franconia or its inhabitants.
Of or relating to Franconian (dialect family).
Franconian (plural Franconians)
A native or inhabitant of Franconia.
Franconian
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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.
After the dissolution of the so-called Stem duchy of Franconia, the Holy Roman Emperors created the Franconian Circle (German Fränkischer Reichskreis) in 1500 to embrace the principalities that grew out of the eastern half of the former duchy. Source: Internet
Because the extent of Franconia, already referred to above, is disputed, there were many areas that might be counted as part of Franconia today, that lay outside the Franconian Circle. Source: Internet
For instance, to learn the name of a new invention, or an obscure foreign species of plant, speakers of Bavarian German and East Franconian German might each consult a German dictionary or ask a German-speaking expert in the subject. Source: Internet
For those Germans familiar with Moselle Franconian dialects, it is relatively easy to understand and speak Luxembourgish as far as the everyday vocabulary is concerned. Source: Internet
Moselle Franconian dialects outside the Luxembourg state border tend to have far fewer French loan words, and these mostly remain from the French Revolution. Source: Internet
However, a sense of popular consciousness of being Franconian is only detectable from the 19th century onwards, which is why the circumstances of the emergence of a Frankish identity are disputed. Source: Internet