Lorraine Franconian

Lorraine Franconian
Lorraine Franconian
Lottrìnger Plàtt
Native to	France
Region	Moselle
Native speakers	(c. 360,000 cited 1962)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Irminonic High German Central German West Central German Lorraine Franconian; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Official status
Recognised minority; language in	France
Regulated by	No official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	loth1238 Lothringisch
	Dialects of Moselle. Those in purple areas are lumped under the term "Lorraine Franconian" when spoken in France.

Lorraine Franconian (Lorraine Franconian: Plàtt or lottrìnger Plàtt; French: francique lorrain or platt lorrain; German: Lothringisch) is a variant of West Central German (German: Westmitteldeutsch). It is spoken in Moselle and in Lorraine.

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Lorraine Franconian
Lottrìnger Plàtt
Native to	France
Region	Moselle
Native speakers	(c. 360,000 cited 1962)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Irminonic High German Central German West Central German Lorraine Franconian
Official status
Recognised minority language in	France
Regulated by	No official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	`loth1238` Lothringisch
Dialects of Moselle. Those in purple areas are lumped under the term "Lorraine Franconian" when spoken in France.