Central Franconian (German: Mittelfränkisch) is the following set of West Central German dialect groups: Ripuarian (spoken in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in eastern Belgium, and the southeastern tip of Dutch Limburg) Moselle Franconian (in German Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, in eastern Belgium and French Lorraine) Luxembourgish (in Luxembourg and the adjacent areas of Belgium and France)Luxembourgish is often included within Moselle Franconian, but sometimes regarded as a separate group.