Limburgish

English

Etymology

Limburg +‎ -ish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Lim‧bur‧gish

Proper noun

Limburgish

1. A Germanic language or dialect continuum spoken near the common border between the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.

Usage notes

• In the Netherlands, Limburgish has been recognised as a regional or minority language. However, this has been criticised by linguists of e.g. the Dutch Language Union because Limburgish is considered a part of Low Franconian.
• The south-eastern borders of Limburgish are fairly well defined by the limits of the High German consonant shift (maken-machen line); though note that this definition excludes the Central Franconian dialects of Kerkrade and Vaals. The north-western borders, however, are variously defined by different isoglosses (ik-ich line; tonality; High German-like split of Germanic *au; [uː], [oː] for Germanic *ū, *ō; and others).

Synonyms

• Limburgan, Limburgian, Limburgic

Holonyms

• South Low Franconian

Translations

the Germanic language

• Afrikaans: Limburgs (af)
• Catalan: limburguès m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 林堡語／林堡语 (zh) (Línbǎoyǔ)

• Czech: limburština f
• Danish: limburgsk (da)
• Dutch: Limburgs (nl) n
• Faroese: limburgiskt (fo)
• Finnish: limburgi
• French: limbourgeois (fr)
• Georgian: ლიმბურგული (limburguli), ლიმბურგული ენა (limburguli ena)
• German: (Dutch and Belgian dialects; sometimes the whole group) Limburgisch (de) n; (entire dialect group also) Südniederfränkisch n
• Icelandic: limburgíska (is)
• Italian: limburghese (it) m
• Japanese: リンブルフ語 (ja) (rinburufu-go)
• Limburgish: Lèmbörgsj (li) n, Plat n, Limburgs (li) n
• Northern Sami: limburgiska
• Polish: limburski (pl) m
• Portuguese: limburguês (pt) m
• Russian: ли́мбургский (ru) (límburgskij)
• Spanish: limburgués (es), limburgiano, limbúrgico
• Swedish: limburgiska (sv)
• Tajik: лимбургӣ (tg) (limburgī)
• West Frisian: Limburgsk

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Limburgish terms
• Appendix:Limburgish Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Limburgish

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code li, ISO 639-3 code lim (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Limburgish, lim ⁠