West Middle German is a High German dialect family in the German language. Its dialects are thoroughly Franconian including the following sub-families:
- Middle Franconian
- Rhine Franconian
- Moselle Franconian (North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)
- Lorrainian German (France)
- Westpalatine dialects (Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)
- Forepalatine dialects (Rhineland-Palatinate and France)
- Hesse Nassauish (Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Lower Hesse dialects (Hesse, Thuringia)
Apart from West Middle German on the southern edge and in south-east Franconian dialects are turning to Upper German. This transition area between Middle German and Upper German is captured by the dialect families of Southern Franconian and East Franconian , colloquially miscalled Franconian, because dialects of this sub-family are spoken all over Franconia.
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