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Limburgish language

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Limburgish language

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Also known as Limburgan, Limburgian, Limburgish, Limburgian language, Limburgic language, Limburgic, Limburgan language

Limburgish ( or ; ; also Limburgian, Limburgic or Limburgan) is the collective designation for a group of closely related language varieties spoken in most of Belgian and Dutch Limburg and in the adjacent areas of North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Limburgish is a group of closely related languages spoken in the Limburg regions of Belgium and the Netherlands, as well as in nearby parts of Germany. It matters as a distinctive regional language that reflects the cultural and linguistic identity of the Limburg area.

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Key facts

Language.name
Limburgish
Language.altname
Limburgan, Limburgian, Limburgic, East Low Franconian, South Low Franconian
Language.nativename
,
Language.states
Netherlands Limburg Belgium Limburg Liège Germany North Rhine-Westphalia
Language.region
Limburg (Netherlands) Limburg (Belgium)
Language.speakers
800,000
Language.date
2025
Language.ref
e18
Language.speakers2
unknown number in Germany
Language.script
Latin
Language.familycolor
Indo-European
Language.fam2
Germanic
Language.fam3
West Germanic
Language.fam4
Weser–Rhine Germanic
Language.fam5
Low Franconian
Language.minority
Netherlands – Statutory provincial language in Limburg Province (1996, Ratification Act, ECRML, No. 136), effective 1997.
Language.agency
Veldeke Limburg (unofficial), Raod veur 't Limburgs (unofficial)
Language.iso1
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Encyclopedic overview

43 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Definition
  • Status
  • Netherlands
  • Belgium
  • Classification
  • Subdivisions
  • History
  • Speakers
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Orthography
  • Phonology
  • Consonants
  • Vowels
  • Monophthongs
  • Diphthongs
  • Tone
  • Particular local features
  • Bitonality
  • Steeper fall
  • Diphthongization
  • Samples
  • Phonetic transcription (Hasselt, West Limburgish)
  • Orthographic version (Hasselt, West Limburgish)
  • Phonetic transcription (Maastricht, Central Limburgish)
  • Orthographic version (Maastricht, Central Limburgish)
  • Grammar
  • Nouns
  • Gender
  • Plural
  • Diminutives
  • Adjectives
  • Pronouns
  • Personal pronouns
  • Possessive pronouns
  • Demonstrative pronouns
  • Vocabulary
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Sources
  • Further reading
  • External links

Limburgish ( or ; ; also Limburgian, Limburgic or Limburgan) is the collective designation for a group of closely related language varieties spoken in most of Belgian and Dutch Limburg and in the adjacent areas of North Rhine-Westphalia.

The Limburgish dialects lack a standardized form and instead comprise multiple varieties, each with its own distinctive features. A characteristic feature of many dialects of Limburgish is the occurrence of a lexical pitch accent (Franconian tone accent), which these dialects adopted from and share with the adjacent Central Franconian dialects of German.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Limburgish language” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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