[File:Frankischetalen.png|300px|right|thumb|Franconian languages in Europe| Map showing the areas in Europe where the Franconian languages and dialects are currently spoken.
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Franconian (; ) is a term for a number of
West Germanic languages and dialects possibly derived from the languages and dialects originally spoken by the
Franks from their
ethnogenesis in the 3rd century AD. The languages that evolved in the northern and eastern lands of
Francia included
Low Franconian, of which present-day
Dutch is the primary member, the West Central German
Rhine Franconian and
Central Franconian dialects (including
Luxembourgish), as well as transitional
High Franconian German dialects.