Limburg (Belgium)

The Limburger is a West Germanic language belonging, like Dutch , the branch -Low Franconian of Low German.

Geographic distribution

The Limburg (orange area) among the other minority languages of the Benelux.

Basically, the Limburgish is spoken in the region marked by Eupen , Dusseldorf , Aix-la-Chapelle , Maastricht , Venlo and Hasselt.

Official status

• The Netherlands , the language has been recognized since March 19, 1997 as streektaal (regional language) in the province of Limburg.
• In Belgium , it is recognized by the French Community as a regional language endogenous.

Phonology

Consonants

Limburger has the following consonants:

Vowels

The Limburger has the monophthongs following:

Writing

The Limburger uses the Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation

Like for example the Swedish , the Limburger has some characteristics of a tonal language , however, are only the tonal accent: for example, while Grammar

Plural

To form the plural, the Limburger uses - such as German - often the apophonie , we form the plural by changing the articulation of the central vowel. This use of the umlaut is found everywhere in Limburg. In Maasland (country of the Meuse) to the east, there are the following plurals

• 'Does broor (brother) - twie Breur (two brothers)

And also the tone :

• 'Does sjoon (a shoe) - twie sjoon (two shoes)

And even north in a region where people speak Limburgish West, it uses the apophonie some nouns:

• e book (a book) - twie Beuk (two pounds)
• e sjaop (a sheep) - twie sjp (two sheep - the "AO" is pronounced as in butter)

In English, it retains the old English words which change as the central vowel in the plural:

• a tooth (a tooth) - two teeth (two teeth)
• a goose (goose) - two geese (two geese)

Glossary

The dialect of Maastricht and many dialects spoken in Limburg Limburg in Belgium still contain many words of French origin, as sjomaas and candle.

Examples

Huuj gaon ich e bietje Later. (Limburg)

Today I'm going a little later.

Today I'm going a little later.

Ik ga vandaag een beetje Later. (Netherlands)

"I'm now a little later."

See also

Related articles

• The Limburg , historic region
• Endogenous regional language (Belgium)
• Language
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    • Languages by family
      • Indo-European
        • Germanic languages
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            • group Germany and the Netherlands
              • Low German
                • Low Franconian

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