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Southeast Limburgish (Dutch: ''Zuidoost-Limburgs'', Ripuarian: ''Süüdoß-Limburjesch''), also referred to as Southern Meuse-Rhenish, is a subdivision of what recently has been named Meuse-Rhenish. Both terms denote a rather compact grouping of Low Franconian varieties, spoken in the Limburg and Lower Rhineland regions, near the common Dutch/Flemish (Belgium) and Dutch/German borders. These dialectal varieties differ notably from Dutch and Flemish at the one side, and no less from German at the other. In the Netherlands and Belgium this group is often included in the generic term Limburgish. Limburgish was recently recognised as a regional language (''streektaal'') in the Netherlands and as such it receives moderate protection under chapter 2 of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. The linguistic border of the Limburgish varieties to the South is the Benrath line, to the North it is the Uerdingen line. This means Southeast Limburgish is different in nature from the other Limburgish varieties. ==Subdialects of Limburgish== A lot of subgroupings can be made here. *''East Geteland'', ''West Geteland'' and ''Bilzerland'' are transitional subdialects between Limburgish and South Brabantian. At least the majority of these are non-tonal. ''East Geteland'' (or ''Truierland'') is spoken around St Truiden in Belgium. ''West Geteland'' is spoken up to the Uerdingen Line, which reaches the Dutch-Walloon language border at Bierbeek in Belgium. Other minor varieties include ''Bilzerland'' spoken around Genk in Belgium and ''Tongerland'' spoken around Tongeren in Belgium. *''West Limburgish'' is the variety of Limburgish spoken around Hasselt, and most other parts of Limburg in Belgium. In Germany ''West Limburgish'' is a concept including areas in Dutch Limburg and part of Dutch Brabant. The border between ''West Limburgish'' and ''East Limburgish'' starts near the area between the villages of 's-Gravenvoeren and Sint-Martens-Voeren in the Belgian municipality of Voeren. *''Central Limburgish'' is a variety of Limburgish around Maastricht and Heerlen in the Netherlands and Genk in Belgium. ''Central Limburgish'' is a concept used in Germany, which includes the area around Maastricht and stretches further North. In Germany there is also a concept of a variety of Limburgish around Genk, and another of Limburgish between Genk and Hasselt. *''East Limburgish'' as a concept is also used in Germany, which includes an area from Belgian Voeren South of Maastricht in the Netherlands, to an area in Germany including Dülken and central Krefeld. *''East Limburgish-Ripuarian transitional zone'' is a concept used in Germany to describe the linguistic area in Belgium around Eupen, including Welkenraedt, Lontzen and Moresnet, in the Netherlands between Ubach and Brunssum and a large area in Germany including Mönchengladbach. The southeasternmost variety is referred to as ''Southeast Limburgish'' (see below) and the northeasternmost variety is referred to as ''Low Bergish''. 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「Southeast Limburgish dialect」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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