Upper Franconian

== English == === Etymology === Calque of German Oberfränkisch. === Proper noun === Upper Franconian one of four main subgroups of the Upper German dialects; spoken in the region of Franconia in northern Bavaria as well as some adjacent parts of Germany ==== Usage notes ==== Note that Upper Franconian is in no way restricted to the Bavarian subregion of Upper Franconia (Oberfranken). The linguistic term refers to the historic Franks, not the modern region. ==== Synonyms ==== High Franconian ==== Meronyms ==== East Franconian South Franconian ==== Holonyms ==== West Germanic High German Upper German ==== Coordinate terms ==== Alemannic, Alemannic German Bavarian Swabish, Swabian ==== Translations ====