Limburgish

Not to be confused with Luxembourgish.

"Limburgs" redirects here. For other uses, see Limburg.

Limburgish
Limburgan, Limburgian, Limburgic Limburgscode: li is deprecated , Lèmburgscode: li is deprecated
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

Limburgish (Limburgish: Lèmburgs [ˈlεmbøʁxs]; Dutch: Limburgscode: nl is deprecated [ˈlɪmbʏrxs]; German: Limburgischcode: de is deprecated [ˈlɪmbʊʁɡɪʃ]; French: Limbourgeoiscode: fr is deprecated [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

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  Limburgish, using several definitions

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  Bilingual signs in Maastricht

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  Bilingual signs in Hasselt, Belgium

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  Rheinmaasländisch as defined by Arend Mihm

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  Monophthongs of the Maastrichtian dialect, from Gussenhoven & Aarts (1999:159)

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  Diphthongs of the Maastrichtian dialect, from Gussenhoven & Aarts (1999:159)

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  Extent (orange) of the region where a pitch accent was historically used in The Benelux, France and Germany

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  Tone contour in dragging tone

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  Chart of tone contour in push tone for Roermond Limburgish.