Limburgish
| Limburgish | |
|---|---|
| Limburgan, Limburgian, Limburgic, East Low Franconian, South Low Franconian | |
| Limburgs, Lèmburgs | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈlɪm˦bʏʀ(ə)xs, ˈlɛm˦-] |
| Native to | Netherlands |
| Region | Limburg (Netherlands) Limburg (Belgium) |
| Ethnicity | Dutch Belgians Germans |
Native speakers | 1.3 million in Netherlands and Belgium (2001) unknown number in Germany |
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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Limburgish (Limburgs [ˈlɪm˦bʏʀ(ə)xs] or Lèmburgs [ˈlɛm˦-]; Dutch: Limburgs [ˈlɪmbʏr(ə)xs]; also Limburgian, Limburgic or Limburgan) refers to a group of South Low Franconian varieties spoken in Belgium and the Netherlands, characterized by their distance to, and limited participation in the formation of, Standard Dutch. In the Dutch province of Limburg, all dialects, despite their differences, have been given collectively a regional language status, including those comprising "Limburgish" as used in this article.
Limburgish shares many vocabulary and grammatical characteristics with both German and Dutch. A characteristic feature of many dialects of Limburgish is the occurrence of a lexical pitch accent (Franconian tone accent), which is shared with the adjacent Central Franconian dialects of German.