Franconian
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɹæŋˈkəʊ.ni.ən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /fɹæŋˈkoʊ.ni.ən/
- Rhymes: -əʊniən
Adjective
Franconian (not comparable)
- Of or relating to Franconia (region in Bavaria) or its inhabitants.
- Of or relating to Franconian (dialects descending from Old Frankish, see proper noun below).
- Björn Köhnlein, Marc van Oostendorp, Introduction, chapter 3 The place of Franconian tones in the debate; in: 2018, Wolfgang Kehrein, Björn Köhnlein, Paul Boersma, Marc van Oostendorp (eds.), Segmental Structure and Tone (series: LA: Linguistische Arbeiten), p. 1ff., here p. 5f.:
- The group of Franconian dialects (West Germanic, Indo-European) which is spoken in the east of Belgium, the south-east of the Netherlands and the neighbouring area in the west of Germany, has a particular interest for the debate
- Björn Köhnlein, Marc van Oostendorp, Introduction, chapter 3 The place of Franconian tones in the debate; in: 2018, Wolfgang Kehrein, Björn Köhnlein, Paul Boersma, Marc van Oostendorp (eds.), Segmental Structure and Tone (series: LA: Linguistische Arbeiten), p. 1ff., here p. 5f.:
Translations
of or relating to Franconia or its inhabitants
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Noun
Franconian (plural Franconians)
- A native or inhabitant of Franconia.
Translations
native or inhabitant of to Franconia
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Proper noun
Franconian
- (linguistics) A 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), central-western Germany, and Franconia.
- Björn Köhnlein, Marc van Oostendorp, Introduction, chapter 3 The place of Franconian tones in the debate; in: 2018, Wolfgang Kehrein, Björn Köhnlein, Paul Boersma, Marc van Oostendorp (eds.), Segmental Structure and Tone (series: LA: Linguistische Arbeiten), p. 1ff., here p. 5f.:
- The group of Franconian dialects (West Germanic, Indo-European) which is spoken in the east of Belgium, the south-east of the Netherlands and the neighbouring area in the west of Germany, has a particular interest for the debate .
In many other respects, however, tonal Franconian does not fit with what is known about tone languages.
- The group of Franconian dialects (West Germanic, Indo-European) which is spoken in the east of Belgium, the south-east of the Netherlands and the neighbouring area in the west of Germany, has a particular interest for the debate .
Related terms
- Old Franconian (usually called Old Frankish or simply Frankish)
- Low Franconian (Middle Low Franconian, Old Low Franconian, Old East Low Franconian)
- Middle Franconian or Central Franconian (including Moselle Franconian)
- Rhine Franconian or Rhenish Franconian
- East Franconian
- Upper Franconian
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