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ISO 639-3 · pflpfl
Indo-European family
Palatinate German
Pälzisch
Palatinate German is a language of the West Central German branch (Indo-European), spoken in France and Germany. Wikidata counts about 1 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “West Franconian dialect of German”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
pfl- Glottocode
pala1330- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Centre point
- 49.70, 6.85
- Wikipedia
- 43 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
6levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Palatinate German · Pälzisch |
|---|---|
| Also called | Pälzisch, Pfälzisch language, Pakatinate German dialect group, Pfälzisch, Palatinate German dialect |
| All speakers | 1,000,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Palatinate German
The branches above Palatinate German, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Also spoken in France
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