Limburgish
Low Franconian group of dialects
Limburgish (Limburgish: Lèmburgs [ˈlεmbøʁxs]; Dutch: Limburgs [ˈlɪmbʏrxs]; German: Limburgisch [ˈlɪmbʊʁɡɪʃ]; French: Limbourgeois [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 | |
---|---|
Limburgan, Limburgian, Limburgic | |
Limburgs, Lèmburgs | |
Pronunciation | [ˈlεmbøʁxs] |
Native to | Netherlands |
Region | Limburg (Netherlands) Limburg (Belgium) |
Ethnicity | Dutch Flemings Germans |
Native speakers | 1.3 million in Netherlands and Belgium (2001) unknown number in Germany |
Indo-European
| |
Early form | |
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 |
Glottolog | limb1263 Limburgan |
Linguasphere | 52-ACB-al |
References
Limburgish edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
🔥 Top keywords: Main PageSpecial:Search0Slash (punctuation)BlackSpecial:RecentChanges4 (number)DavidSOLID (object-oriented design)Wikipedia:AboutFile:Sexual intercourse with internal ejaculation.webmHelp:ContentsHelp:IntroductionLisa Sparxxx2023 UEFA Champions League FinalColour24-hour clockAdolf Hitler UunonaBismillahir Rahmanir Raheem6 (number)T. N. SeshanFile:ASCII-Table-wide.svg20 (number)Poor Things (movie)United StatesCristiano RonaldoList of people who have walked on the MoonAli Malikov50 (number)17 (number)The Valley (2024 TV series)GrassList of mathematical symbolsList of U.S. states and territories by time zone8 (number)List of countries by areaWikipedia:Simple talkList of largest Hindu templesRama