is any of several
West Germanic Language s spoken in the
Netherlands , northern
Belgium , and
South Africa , descended from medieval
Old Franconian (sometimes, less accurately, referred to as
Old Dutch ).
Low-Franconian dialects are also spoken in the German area along the
Rhine between Cologne and the border between Germany and the Netherlands. During the 19th and 20th centuries these dialects have partly and gradually been replaced by today's Standard German. Together with
Low German , these form the
Low Germanic Languages .
In Germany it is common to consider the .
The modern Low Franconian languages are:
