South Low Franconian

Definitions

A dialect group of Low Franconian that shows certain High German characteristics, especially traces of the shift k → ch in function words and the split of Proto-Germanic *au into two phonemes (ō~ū before alveolars and au~ou otherwise).

Equivalents

Examples

“South Low Franconian: Selfkant b. [Do you have⟳ many children?] Neə, ech hanər mar en. no I have-ER(E) only one 'No, I have⟳ only one.' (RhWb)”

“For example, the ik/ich line runs further north and west than the maken/machen line from the Lower Rhine of Germany into Belgium, creating a major division within Low Franconian: the dialects with unshifted /k/ are classified as North Low Franconian while those with shifted /k/ are classified South Low Franconian.”

CEFR level