Editing Duchy of Lorraine (section)

==Culture==
Two [[regional language]]s survive in the region.

[[Lorraine Franconian]], known as ''{{lang|fr|francique}}'' or ''{{lang|fr|platt (lorrain)}}'' in French, is a [[West Central German]] dialect spoken by a minority in the northern part of the region. This is distinct from the neighbouring [[Alsatian language]], although the two are often confused. Neither has any form of official recognition.

[[Lorrain language|Lorrain]] is a Romance dialect spoken by a minority in the southern part of the region.

The duchy produced a number of important painters, including [[Claude Lorrain]], [[Georges de La Tour]] and [[Jean LeClerc (painter)|Jean LeClerc]].

Like most of [[Languages of France|France's regional languages]] (such as [[Breton language|Breton]], [[Franco-Provençal language|Franco-Provençal]], [[Occitan language|Occitan]], [[Alsatian language|Alsatian]], [[Catalan language|Catalan]], [[Basque language|Basque]] and [[French Flemish|Flemish]]), Lorrain and Lorraine Franconian were largely replaced by French with the advent of mandatory public schooling in the 19th and 20th centuries.