Limburgish

Limburgish
Limburgish
Limburgan, Limburgian, Limburgic; Limburgs, Lèmburgs
Pronunciation	[ˈlεmbøʁxs]
Native to	Netherlands Limburg; Belgium Limburg; Liège; Germany North Rhine-Westphalia;
Region	Limburg (Netherlands) Limburg (Belgium)
Ethnicity	Dutch; Flemings; Germans
Native speakers	1.3 million in Netherlands and Belgium (2001); unknown number in Germany
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Istvaeonic Low Franconian Limburgish; ; ; ; ;
Early forms:	Frankish Limburgish;
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Netherlands - Statutory provincial language in Limburg Province (1996, Ratification Act, ECRML, No. 136), effective 1997.
Regulated by	Veldeke Limburg, Raod veur 't Limburgs
Language codes
ISO 639-1	li
ISO 639-2	lim
ISO 639-3	lim
Linguasphere	52-ACB-al
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Limburgish (Limburgish: Lèmburgs [ˈlεmbøʁxs]; Dutch: [Limburgs] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) [ˈlɪmbʏrxs]; German: [Limburgisch] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) [ˈlɪmbʊʁɡɪʃ]; French: [Limbourgeois] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) [lɛ̃buʁʒwa]), also called Limburgan, Limburgian, or Limburgic, is a group of East Low Franconian varieties spoken in the provinces of Belgian Limburg and Dutch Limburg and surroundings, and also in neighboring parts of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Limburgish Media

A Limburgish speaker, recorded in Slovakia
Limburgish, using several definitions
Bilingual signs in Maastricht
Bilingual signs in Hasselt, Belgium
Rheinmaasländisch as defined by Arend Mihm
Monophthongs of the Maastrichtian dialect, from Gussenhoven & Aarts (1999:159)
Diphthongs of the Maastrichtian dialect, from Gussenhoven & Aarts (1999:159)
Extent (orange) of the region where a pitch accent was historically used in The Benelux, France and Germany
Tone contour in dragging tone
Chart of tone contour in push tone for Roermond Limburgish.

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