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Maastrichtian ((リンブルフ語:Mestreechs) ) or Maastrichtian Limburgish ((リンブルフ語:Mestreechs-Limburgs) ) is the city dialect and variant of Limburgish spoken in the Dutch city of Maastricht alongside the Dutch language (with which it is not mutually intelligible). In terms of speakers it is the most widespread variant of Limburgish, and is a tonal one. Like many of the Limburgish dialects spoken in neighbouring Belgian Limburg,〔Rob Belemans & Benny Keulen, ''Taal in stad en land: Belgisch-Limburgs'', 2004〕 Maastrichtian kept a lot of Gallo-Romance (or more accurately, French and Walloon) influences in its vocabulary.〔 This Francophone influence can additionally be attributed to the historical importance of French with the cultural elite and educational systems as well as the historical immigration of Walloon labourers to the city. Despite being a specific variant of Limburgish, Maastrichtian remains mutually intelligible with other Limburgish variants, especially the ones of surrounding municipalities. Whilst Maastrichtian is still widely spoken, regardless of social level, research has shown that it is suffering from a degree of dialect loss amongst younger generations. This is the case in dwindling of speakers but also in development of the dialect (dialect levelling) towards Standard Dutch (e.g. the loss of local words and grammar).〔 ==Geographic distribution, social status and sociolects== Maatrichtian being a city dialect, the terminology "Maastrichtian" (''Mestreechs'') is practically limited to the municipal borders, with the exception of some places within the Maastrichtian municipality where the spoken dialects are in fact not Maastrichtian. These exceptions are previously separate villages and/or municipalities that have merged with the municipality of Maastricht namely Amby, Borgharen, Heer and Itteren. The social status of Maastrichtian speakers is determined by the type of sociolect spoken by a certain person, with a division between Short Maastrichtian or Standard Maastrichtian 〔 (''Kort Mestreechs'', ''Standaardmestreechs'') and Long/Stretched Maastrichtian (''Laank Mestreechs''). Short Maastrichtian is generally considered to be spoken by the upper and middle classes, whilst Long Maastrichtian is considered to be spoken by the working class. A particular feature of Maastrichtian is that it gives its speakers a certain prestige. Research of the dialect showed that people talking the "purest" form of Maastrichtian, i.e. the Short Maastrichtian (''Kort Mestreechs'') sociolect, were perceived by others to be the well-educated ones. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maastrichtian dialect」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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