Limburgish language
Sign in to saveLimburgish ( 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
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43 sectionsContents
- 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.
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