Limburgish
Facts
- Language: Limburgish
- Alternate names: Limburgan, Limburgian, Limburgic, Limberger, Limburgs Plat
- Language code: lim
- Language family: Indo-European, Classical Indo-European, Germanic, Northwest Germanic, West Germanic, High German, Middle German, West Middle German, Middle Franconian, Ripuarian
- Number of speakers: 1300000
- Script: latin
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Introduction
Limburgish is a group of East Low Franconian language varieties spoken in the Limburg and Rhineland regions. The area in which it is spoken roughly fits within a wide circle from Venlo to Düsseldorf to Aachen to Maastricht to Hasselt and back to Tienen. In some parts of this area it is generally used as the colloquial language in daily speech.
In general speech the Limburgish language is often described as a dialect of either German or Dutch, both of which share many characteristics with it.
The Limburgish Verb
Sample verb kalle
| INDICATIVE | IMPERATIVE | ||
| Present | Past | ||
| Sg.1 | kal | kalde | kal |
| Sg.2 | kals | kaldes | |
| Sg.3 | kalt | kalde | |
| Pl.1 | kalle | kalde | kalt |
| Pl.2 | kalt | kalde | |
| Pl.3 | kalle | kaldet | |
Verblist
ambettere, ambäteere̩, avvencere, backe, baere, balle, basstele, begriepe, begriipe, besjeie, bestósse, besöëke, be̩c͜hriipe̩, be̩schäie̩, blósse, brööje̩, bäöke, bèdzje, bèdzjere, bèlle, böëke, chrille, chrèlle, c͜hriipe̩, dabbe, demmele, dengke̩, denieëre, donneere, doon, doëne, drieëne, drie̩ne̩, dängke̩, dänke, dónnieëre, döbe̩, dönke, estósse, fammes haan, formeleere, formelere, fókke, fökke, fǫrme̩leere̩, gaon, geschéë, gkrille, gkrèlle, goëne, griepe, griipe, grille, grèlle, grómme, génneraliseere, génnereere, haane, heivese, hoesige, hukke, huusege, héïvesche, höbbe, ieëre, iire, jeppe, jómme, kalle, kaoke, kauche, kische, klämme, klèmme, klömme, knagge, kniipe, knèlle, konntakkteere, koupe, koëme, kriische, krijje, krolle, kruupe, królle, krömme, kwääle, kwèlle, kèlle, kóllèsse, kóntaktieëre, könne, köppe, kösse, laache, labööre̩, laeke, leuze, lieje, lijje, liëne, liëre, loupe, loëte, luure, luustere, läkke, lègke, lèèje, léjje, léëge, léëse, léëve, léïge, lösse, maake, maale, male, manscheere, manzjare, maole, massakreere, motte, moële, mölle, nögke, nösele, nöüme, oetsjtaeke, oetsjteëke, oëme, peseere, pezieëre, piese, piipe, plekke, pläkke, prake̩ṣeere̩, prakkeseere, pännseere, pènzieëre, pèsse, pésse, pógkèsse, raengere, rappelere, riive, rijje, romaaniseere, romanizieëre, rouke, roupe, rääne, rèlle, rèmme, rómme, rüüke, schiine, schloëne, schloëpe, schnape̩, schnijje, schnéïje, schpeke̩leere̩, schpréëke, schpékkeleere, schpéële, schriive, schtoë, schtärreve, schtélle, schwattse, schwijje, schwämme, schwéëve, schännde, schéële, schéëte, schödde, schüreere, seeke, seike, sji-jje, sjèlle, slaope, snieje, snieë, speke̩leere̩, spöle, stèlle, stósse, suupe, sèsse, sétte, séëne, söëke, terbrääke, trèlle, trékke, tréë, tsaubere, tèlle, télle, tönke, ureneere, urenieëre, uutprake̩ṣeere̩, uutschtee̩ke̩, uutschtääke̩, uutschtéëke, verkammesöële, verkoëme, vermassekrere, vertélle, veure, ve̩rprake̩ṣeere̩, viire, voëre, vèlle, vèsse, vélle, vésche, vósse, vöëre, vöüle, waarde, waase̩, waasse, walltse, waïssele, wuune, wärrepe, wäärde, wèlle, wélle, wéïte, zeen, ziech sjaggernere, zjinneraolezieëre, zjinnerieëre, zjittieëre, zjuuere, zjèlle, zwömme, ämm Schtéch loëte, äsétte, èpperglieëdjómme, éstósse, éëte, övverléëge.