Limburgish

English + language li Etymology en :af Limburg -ish + 1 Pronunciation en Lim bur gish Proper noun 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 en Limburgan, en Limburgian, en Limburgic Translations the Germanic language Afrikaans: af Limburgs Catalan: ca limburguès m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 林堡語 Línbǎoyǔ Czech: cs limburština f Danish: da limburgsk Dutch: nl Limburgs n Faroese: fo limburgiskt Finnish: fi limburgi French: fr limbourgeois Frisian: West Frisian: fy Limburgsk Georgian: ka ლიმბურგული, ka ლიმბურგული ენა German: Dutch and Belgian dialects; sometimes the whole group de Limburgisch n; entire dialect group also de Südniederfränkisch n Icelandic: is limburgíska Italian: it limburghese m Japanese: ja リンブルフ語 rinburufu-go Limburgish: li Lèmbörgsj n, li Plat n, li Limburgs n Polish: pl język limburski m-in Portuguese: pt limburguês m Russian: ru ли́мбургский Sami: Northern Sami: se limburgiska Spanish: es limburgués, es limburgiano, es limbúrgico Swedish: sv limburgiska Tajik: tg лимбургӣ See also li Further reading 1 li lim lim en Languages