Limburgish

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.

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 form	Frankish
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
Glottolog	limb1263  Limburgan
Linguasphere	52-ACB-al
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