Sittard dialect

Sittard dialect
Sittard dialect
Zittesj
Pronunciation	[ˈzetəʃ]
Native to	Netherlands, Germany
Region	Sittard, Koningsbosch, Selfkant
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Istvaeonic Low Franconian Meuse-Rhenish Limburgish East Limburgish Southern East Limburgish Sittard dialect; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None

The Sittard diphthongization (after Dols, 1953) extends into the German municipality Selfkant

The Sittard dialect (Dutch: Sittards, Limburgish: Zittesj, German: Selfkanter Platt, in reference to the variety used in Germany) is a Limburgish dialect spoken mainly in the Dutch city of Sittard. It is also spoken in Koningsbosch and in a small part of Germany (Selfkant), but quickly becoming extinct there. Of all other important Limburgish dialects, the dialect of Sittard is most closely related to that of Roermond.