Colognian

Colognian
Colognian
Kölsch, Kölsch Platt
Native to	Germany
Region	Cologne and environs
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic High German Central German West Central German Central Franconian Ripuarian Central Ripuarian Colognian; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ksh
Glottolog	kols1241

Colognian or Kölsch (Colognian pronunciation: [ˈkœlʃ]; natively Kölsch Platt) is a small set of very closely related dialects, or variants, of the Ripuarian group of dialects of the Central German group. These dialects are spoken in the area covered by the Archdiocese and former Electorate of Cologne reaching from Neuss in the north to just south of Bonn, west to Düren and east to Olpe in northwest Germany.

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