Wiki Languages: Limburgish (Limburgs)
Updated: 17-07-2024 by Wikilanguages.net
Language: Limburgish (Limburgish) | Local name: Limburgs |
Language code: li | Display language: Simple English (simple)|
Speak area: international | Classification: Germanic |
Country: international | Second language: |
Usage: regional | Wiki language for Limburgish |
Dictionary for Limburgish (Limburgs) in Simple English
English | Limburgish |
Limburgs | Simple English |
Limburgish | |
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Limburgan, Limburgian, Limburgic | |
Limburgs, Lèmburgs | |
Pronunciation | [ˈlεmbøʁxs] |
Native to | Netherlands
Belgium
Germany
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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
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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 |
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ISO 639-2 |
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ISO 639-3 | lim |
Glottolog | limb1263 Limburgan |
Linguasphere | 52-ACB-al |
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 Franconianvarieties spoken in the Belgian and Dutch provinces and sometimes spoken in some parts in Germany.