Ripuarian

Also known as Ripuarian Franconian, Ripuarisch Platt, Ripuarian dialects

German dialect group

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Ripuarian is a group of German dialects spoken in the Rhine region, particularly around Cologne and the surrounding areas. These dialects are notable to linguists because they occupy an interesting middle position between High German and Low German, helping scholars understand how German languages vary across different regions.

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female form of label: la langue francique ripuaire
Wikimedia language code: ksh
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 250000
native label: Ripoarisch
exact match: data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-13312083X
Commons category: Ripuarian language

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Ripuarian (/ˌrɪpjuˈɛəriən/ RIP-yoo-AIR-ee-ən) or Ripuarian Franconian is a German dialect group, part of the West Central German language group. Together with the Moselle Franconian which includes the Luxembourgish language, Ripuarian belongs to the larger Central Franconian dialect family and also to the linguistic continuum with the Low Franconian languages.

It is spoken in the Rhineland south of the Benrath line — from northwest of Düsseldorf and Cologne to Aachen in the west and to Waldbröl in the east.