Limburgish (Dutch variety)

E11026
Low Franconian dialect West Germanic language variety dialect continuum

Limburgish (Dutch variety) is a group of closely related Low Franconian dialects spoken in the southeastern Netherlands, particularly in the province of Limburg, characterized by features that distinguish it from standard Dutch and neighboring German dialects.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Limburgish 4
Limburgish (Belgian variety) 1
Limburgish (Netherlands) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Low Franconian dialect ⓘ
West Germanic language variety ⓘ
dialect continuum ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
hasFeature diphthongization of long vowels ⓘ
distinct phonology from Standard Dutch ⓘ
influence from neighboring German dialects ⓘ
lexical items not present in Standard Dutch ⓘ
pitch accent ⓘ
tonal accent distinction in stressed syllables ⓘ
use of diminutive endings similar to Dutch ⓘ
variation between towns and villages ⓘ
vowel length contrasts ⓘ
languageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Low Franconian languages ⓘ
West Germanic languages ⓘ
legalStatus recognized under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages ⓘ
linguisticBoundary Benrath line vicinity ⓘ
Uerdingen line vicinity ⓘ
mutualIntelligibility partially intelligible with German ⓘ
partially intelligible with Standard Dutch ⓘ
neighboringDialectArea Brabantic ⓘ
Colognian ⓘ
German dialects of North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Kleverlandish ⓘ
Ripuarian dialects ⓘ
Dutch ⓘ
surface form: Standard Dutch
primaryRegion Limburg (Netherlands) ⓘ
surface form: Province of Limburg (Netherlands)

southeastern Netherlands ⓘ
recognizedAs regional language in the Netherlands ⓘ
spokenIn Heerlen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maastricht ⓘ
Roermond NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sittard NERFINISHED ⓘ
Venlo NERFINISHED ⓘ
standardizationStatus lacks fully unified orthography ⓘ
partially standardized ⓘ
subclassOf Dutch dialect ⓘ
Limburgish (Dutch variety) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Limburgish
threatenedBy language shift to Standard Dutch ⓘ
typicalDomain informal communication ⓘ
local media ⓘ
music and cultural events ⓘ
usedAs identity marker for Limburg inhabitants ⓘ
spoken vernacular ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Frankish → ancestorOf → Limburgish (Dutch variety) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Limburgish
South Guelderish → closelyRelatedTo → Limburgish (Dutch variety) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Limburgish
Dutch → hasDialects → Limburgish (Dutch variety) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Limburgish (Netherlands)
Low Franconian languages → hasPart → Limburgish (Dutch variety) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Limburgish language
Limburg (Netherlands) → regionalLanguage → Limburgish (Dutch variety) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Limburgish
Dutch → regionalVariety → Limburgish (Dutch variety) ⓘ
Limburgish (Dutch variety) → subclassOf → Limburgish (Dutch variety) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Limburgish
Flemings → usesDialects → Limburgish (Dutch variety) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Limburgish (Belgian variety)
Gassel → usesLanguage → Limburgish (Dutch variety) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peel Dutch