Limburgish
Low Franconian group of dialects / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Luxembourgish.
"Limburgs" redirects here. For other uses, see Limburg.
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.
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Limburgish | |
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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 |
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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 |
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