Low Franconian
Let an agent explain Low Franconian and its varieties, relay classification, history and features from linguistic sources with attribution, describe border dialects and colonial offshoots, and distinguish Low Franconian from Low German, Central Franconian and standard Dutch.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain Low Franconian and its varieties, relay classification, history and features from linguistic sources with attribution, describe border dialects and colonial offshoots, and distinguish Low Franconian from Low German, Central Franconian and standard Dutch.
A group of West Germanic dialects and languages spoken in the Low Countries and adjacent Germany, comprising the ancestors and relatives of Dutch, including Old Low Franconian attested in early medieval texts, Middle Dutch, and modern varieties such as the Meuse-Rhenish and South Low Franconian dialects along the Dutch-German border, the Cleves dialects, and colonial offshoots such as Afrikaans and the extinct Oorlams; Low Franconian is distinguished from Low German and from Central Franconian by the High German consonant shift and other features.
What it is for: Not applicable; a dialect group.
It can be explain classification; relay history and features; describe varieties; distinguish from related groups.
Distinguishing features
No High German shift
Dutch core
Border dialect continuum
Colonial offshoots
What it looks like
Not a visible object; Dutch and related dialects.
Physical character
Dutch speakers: about 25 million
Old Low Franconian attested: 10th century period - Wachtendonck Psalms
Afrikaans speakers: about 7 million - first language
How it is recognised
West Germanic group including Dutch
Old Low Franconian, Middle Dutch, Meuse-Rhenish, South Low Franconian, Cleves dialects, Afrikaans, Oorlams
Low German lacks Franconian features; Central Franconian shows the consonant shift; standard Dutch is the codified language
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms, in its border varieties
includes - as its main member
is contrasted with - a separate group
In practice
Families and kinds
Old Low Franconian
Middle Dutch
Standard Dutch and its dialects
Meuse-Rhenish and South Low Franconian border dialects including the Cleves dialects
Afrikaans
creoles and extinct varieties such as Oorlams
Identifiers
Glottolog lowf1234 or related Low Franconian grouping
ISO 639-3 nld and afr Dutch and Afrikaans
Standards and regulation
Dutch Language Union standards for Dutch
Regional recognition of Limburgish and border dialects
ISO 639 codes
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing Low Franconian with Low German
Treating border dialects as clearly Dutch or German
Contested classification of Limburgish
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What Low Franconian is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition and classification.
Definition
Definition.
- What is Low Franconian, and how does it differ from Low German, Central Franconian and standard Dutch, as linguists classify it? definition
- Is the question about the group, Dutch, a border dialect or Afrikaans? boundary
Varieties
Varieties.
Varieties
Varieties.
- What are Old Low Franconian, Middle Dutch, Meuse-Rhenish, South Low Franconian, the Cleves dialects, Afrikaans and Oorlams? definition
- Which entry fits the specific variety? action
History History.
Attribution.
Development
Development.
Development
Development.
- How did Low Franconian develop from Frankish through Old Low Franconian and Middle Dutch to modern Dutch? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Features
Features.
Features
Features.
- What phonological and grammatical features define Low Franconian, including the absence of the High German consonant shift? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Border Border and colonial varieties.
Attribution.
Border
Border dialects.
Border
Border.
- How do the Meuse-Rhenish and Cleves dialects straddle the Dutch-German border, and how is Limburgish classified, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Colonial
Afrikaans and Oorlams.
Colonial
Colonial.
- How did Afrikaans and varieties such as Oorlams develop from Dutch? provenance
- Which entry fits Afrikaans? action
Context Study and status.
Context.
Status
Status.
Status
Status.
- What is the status of Dutch, Afrikaans and regional Low Franconian dialects today? provenance
- Which entry fits Dutch dialects? action
Study
Study.
Study
Study.
- How is Low Franconian studied, and what resources exist? provenance
- Which entry fits Dutch linguistics? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should Old Low Franconian, Middle Dutch and Meuse-Rhenish be separate primary entries?
- How should linguistic sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming stages, dialects and an extinct creole; should they be split off?