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 |
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