What is Limburgish?
{{distinguish|Luxembourgish}} {{Redirect|Limburgs||Limburg (disambiguation){{!}}Limburg}} {{Infobox language | name = Limburgish | altname = Limburgan, Limburgian, Limburgic | nativename = {{lang|li|Limburgs}}, {{lang|li|Lèmburgs}} | states = [[Netherlands]] *[[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]] [[Belgium]] *[[Limburg (Belgium)|Limburg]] *[[Liège (province)|Liège]] [[Germany]] *[[North Rhine-Westphalia]] | pronunciation = [[Help:Pronunciation respelling key|[ˈlεmbøʁxs]]] | region = [[Limburg (Netherlands)]] [[Limburg (Belgium)]] | speakers = 1.3 million in Netherlands and Belgium | date = 2001 | ethnicity = [[Dutch people|Dutch]]<br />[[Flemings]]<br />[[Germans]] | speakers2 = unknown number in Germany | script = [[Latin script|Latin]] | familycolor = Indo-European | fam2 = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] | fam3 = [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] | fam4 = [[Weser-Rhine Germanic|Istvaeonic]] | fam5 = [[Low Franconian languages|Low Franconian]] | ancestor = [[Frankish language|Frankish]] | minority = [[Netherlands]] - Statutory provincial language in Limburg Province (1996, Ratification Act, ECRML, No. 136), effective 1997. | agency = Veldeke Limburg, Raod veur 't Limburgs | iso1 = li | iso2 = lim | iso3 = lim | glotto = limb1263 | glottoname = <small>Limburgan</small> | lingua = 52-ACB-al | map = | mapcaption = Position of Limburgish (''orange'') among the other minority languages, regional languages and dialects in the [[Benelux]] | notice = IPA }} '''Limburgish''' (Limburgish: ''Lèmburgs'' [[Help:Pronunciation respelling key|[ˈlεmbøʁxs]]]; {{lang-nl|Limburgs}} {{IPA-nl|ˈlɪmbʏrxs|}}; {{lang-de|Limburgisch}} {{IPA-de|ˈlɪmbʊʁɡɪʃ|}}; {{lang-fr|Limbourgeois}} {{IPA-fr|lɛ̃buʁʒwa|}}), also called '''Limburgan''', '''Limburgian''', or '''Limburgic''', is a group of [[East Low Franconian]] [[Variety (linguistics)|varieties]] spoken in the provinces of [[Limburg (Belgium)|Belgian Limburg]] and [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Dutch Limburg]] and surroundings, and also in neighboring parts of the German state of [[North R