Rhenish fan
The subdivision of West Central German into a series of dialects, according to the differing extent of the High German consonant shift, is particularly pronounced. It known as the Rhenish fan (German: Rheinischer Fächer, Dutch: Rijnlandse waaier) because on the map of dialect boundaries, the lines form a fan shape.[1] Here, no fewer than eight isoglosses, named after places on the Rhine river, run roughly West to East. They partially merge into a simpler system of boundaries in East Central German. The table on the right lists the isoglosses (bold) and the main resulting dialects (italics), arranged from north to south.
Chart
The Rhenish fan: 1 Dutch (West Low Franconian),
2 Limburgian (East Low Franconian),
3 Ripuarian Franconian,
4 & 5 Mosel Franconian, 6 Rhenish Franconian
2 Limburgian (East Low Franconian),
3 Ripuarian Franconian,
4 & 5 Mosel Franconian, 6 Rhenish Franconian
| Dialects and isoglosses of the Rhenish fan (Arranged from north to south: dialects in dark fields, isoglosses in light fields)[2] | ||
| Isogloss | North | South |
|---|---|---|
| Low German | ||
| Unity plural line | wi maakt | wi maken |
| Dutch | ||
| Uerdingen line (Uerdingen) | ik | ich |
| Limburgish | ||
| Benrath line (Boundary: Low German — Central German) |
maken | machen |
| Ripuarian Franconian (Cologne, Bonn, Aachen) | ||
| Bad Honnef line (State border NRW–RP) (Eifel-Schranke) |
Dorp | Dorf |
| West Mosel Franconian (Luxemburgish, Trier) | ||
| Linz line (Linz am Rhein) | tussen | zwischen |
| Bad Hönningen line | op | auf |
| East Mosel Franconian (Koblenz, Saarland) | ||
| Boppard line (Boppard) | Korf | Korb |
| Sankt Goar line (Sankt Goar) (Hunsrück-Schranke) |
dat | das |
| Rhenish Franconian (Pfälzisch, Frankfurt) | ||
| Speyer line (River Main line) (Boundary: Central German — Upper German) |
Appel | Apfel |
| Upper German | ||
References
- Rheinischer Fächer – Karte des Landschaftsverband Rheinland Archived February 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- The table of isoglosses is adapted from Rheinischer Fächer on the German Wikipedia.
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