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ISO 639-3 · limlim
Indo-European family
Limburgish
Limburgs
Limburgish is a language of the Low Franconian branch (Indo-European), spoken in Belgium and Germany. Wikidata counts about 1.6 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Low Franconian language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
lim- ISO 639-1
li- Glottocode
limb1263- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 51.00, 6.00
- Wikipedia
- 89 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
6levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Limburgish · Limburgs |
|---|---|
| Also called | Limburgan, Limburgian, Limburgish, Limburgian language, Limburgic language |
| All speakers | 1,600,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Limburgish
The branches above Limburgish, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Belgium
fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationaldeuGermanIndo-European · 135 m1 · NationalyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredpcdPicardIndo-European · 700,0008b · Nearly ExtinctwlnWalloonIndo-European · 600,0006b · ThreatenedltzLuxembourgishunclassified · 470,2004 · EducationalgsgGerman Sign LanguageunclassifiedvgtFlemish Sign Languageunclassified5 · DevelopingsfbFrench Belgian Sign Languageunclassified5 · Developing