Editing Low Franconian (section)

{{Short description|Language family}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox language family
| name          = Low Franconian
| altname       = Lower Franconian, Low Frankish; Netherlandic, Netherlandish<br /> {{langx|nl|Nederfrankisch|links=no}}; German: {{lang|de|Niederfränkisch}}
| region        = Netherlands, northern Belgium, northern France, western Germany, [[Suriname]], [[Netherlands Antilles]], [[Aruba]], [[Namibia]] and [[South Africa]]
| familycolor   = Indo-European
| fam2          = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]]
| fam3          = [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]]
| fam4          = [[Weser–Rhine Germanic]]
| ancestor      = [[Frankish language|Frankish]]
| child1        = West ''or'' North Low Franconian (including [[Dutch language|Dutch]] and [[Afrikaans]])
| child2        = [[South Low Franconian|East ''or'' South Low Franconian]] (including [[Limburgish]] and [[Bergish dialects|Bergish]])
| glotto        = wese1235
| glottorefname = Low Franconian
| glotto2       = macr1270
| glottoname    = Macro-Dutch
| map           = Niederfränkisch.png
| mapcaption    = Distribution of Low Franconian, including the Low Franconian–Ripuarian transition area in Limburg and West Germany.
}}

In [[historical linguistics|historical]] and [[comparative linguistics]], '''Low Franconian''' is a linguistic category used to classify a number of historical and contemporary [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] [[Variety (linguistics)|varieties]] closely related to, and including, the [[Dutch language]]. Most dialects and languages included within this category are spoken in the [[Netherlands]], northern [[Belgium]] ([[Flanders]]), in the [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] department of France, in western Germany ([[Lower Rhine]]), as well as in [[Suriname]], [[South Africa]] and [[Namibia]].