The Frankish language can refer to:

• Old Frankish, the language spoken by the Franks, a Germanic people active in the Roman era
• Low Franconian, the only linguistic subgroup containing modern variants of the Old Frankish language: Dutch and Afrikaans.
• a West Franconian dialect of modern German spoken in Alsace and Lorraine (Lorraine Franconian), regions in France
• any Franconian German variety

In the second sense, Frankish (German, Fränkisch) is heavily influenced by French, since it is spoken mainly in France. Though not readily intelligible to speakers of standard German, it is closely related to other nearby Franconian dialects, such as Palatinate German, and Luxembourgish. Old Frankish was the language of the Franks. ... For other uses, see Franks (disambiguation). ... The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed. ... Low Franconian is any of several West Germanic languages spoken in the Netherlands, northern Belgium, and South Africa. ... Old Frankish was the language of the Franks. ... Afrikaans is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in South Africa and Namibia with smaller numbers of speakers in Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Zambia. ... West Middle German is a High German dialect family in the German language. ... Capital Strasbourg Land area¹ 8,280 km² Regional President Adrien Zeller (UMP) (since 1996) Population  - Jan. ... Capital Metz Land area¹ 23,547 km² Regional President Jean-Pierre Masseret (PS) (since 2004) Population  - Jan. ... Lorraine Franconian is a Germanic dialect spoken in parts of the French region of Lorraine. ... The term Franconian refers to the Franks, which settled in Germany, France, and the Low Countries between the second and fourth century A.D.. Various languages and dialects that are supposed to have developed from the original langauge of the Franks have been given the name of Franconian, and linguists... Pfälzisch (Palatinate German) is a West Franconian dialect of German which is spoken in the Rhine Valley between the cities of Zweibrücken, Kaiserslautern and Mannheim. ... Luxembourgish or Luxembourgian (Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuergesch, French: Luxembourgeois, German: Luxemburgisch) is a West Germanic language spoken in Luxembourg. ...

Frankish, called platt in France is often confused with the Alsatian language, an unrelated Alemannic German dialect. This inscription in Alsatian on a window in Eguisheim, Alsace, reads: Dis Hausz sted in Godes Hand - God bewar es vor Feyru (This house is in the hands of God - May God protect it against fire) Alsatian (French Alsacien, German Elsässisch) is a Low Alemannic dialect spoken in Alsace... Alemannic German (Alemannisch) is a group of dialects of the Upper German branch of the Germanic language family. ...