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Dialect of Limburgish in the Netherlands
Venlo dialect
Venloos
Pronunciation[ˈvɛnloːs]
Native toNetherlands
RegionVenlo
Language familyIndo-European
Language codes
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone

Venlo dialect (Dutch and Limburgish: Venloos) is the city dialect and a variant of Limburgish spoken in the Dutch city of Venlo alongside the Dutch language (with which it is not mutually intelligible). It belongs to a group of transitional dialects between Kleverlandish and East Limburgish spoken in the northern part of Netherlands Limburg. That group of dialects is also known by its Dutch name Mich-kwartier ("Mich area", based on the usage of mich /ˈmex/ instead of the Brabantian mij /ˈmɛj/ as the accusative form of ik 'I').

Phonology

Vowels

Vowel phonemes
Front Central Back
unrounded rounded
short long short long short long short long
Close i ⟨ie⟩ ⟨iê⟩ y ⟨uu⟩ ⟨uû⟩ u ⟨oe⟩ ⟨oê⟩
Close-mid e ⟨i⟩ ⟨ee⟩ ø ⟨u⟩ øː ⟨eu⟩ ə ⟨e⟩ o ⟨ó⟩ ⟨oo⟩
Open-mid ɛ ⟨e⟩ ɛː ⟨ae⟩ œ ⟨ö⟩ œː ⟨äö⟩ ɒ ⟨o⟩ ɒː ⟨ao⟩
Open ⟨aa⟩ ɑ ⟨a⟩
Diphthongs closing ɛj   œj   ɔw
centering iə   yə   uə
  • /ə/ is restricted to unstressed syllables.
  • /oː/ is near-close [o̝ː].
  • /ɛ/ is the only "short open E" sound in the dialect. The phonetically open [æ] does not have a phonemic status.
  • /ɒ, ɒː/ are phonetically open but phonologically open-mid, the back counterparts of /œ, œː/.
  • /aː/ is somewhat 'laxer' [ɐː] than in Standard Dutch. As in most other dialects, it is the phonological long counterpart of /ɑ/.

Pitch accent

Main article: Pitch-accent language § Franconian dialects

As many other Limburgish dialects, the Venlo dialect features a contrastive pitch accent, with minimal pairs such speule /ˈspøːlə/ 'to rinse' vs. speule /ˈspǿːlə/ 'to play' and bein /ˈbɛjn/ 'legs' vs. bein /ˈbɛ́jn/ 'leg', with the first word in each pair featuring Accent 1 (left unmarked) and the second word Accent 2 (transcribed as a high tone).

Bibliography

References

  1. Peeters (1951), p. 36.
  2. Peeters (1951), p. 32.
  3. Peeters (1951), p. 39.
  4. Peeters (1951), pp. 137–141.
  5. Gussenhoven & van der Vliet (1999), pp. 101–105.
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