Eupen dialect (German: Eupener Platt)^{[provide the native name]} is a Ripuarian dialect spoken in Eupen.

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One of the characteristics of the Eupen dialect is diphthongization to [ai, au, ou]; compare Eupen Haint, Aindere, Maunt and lowpe with Limburgish (spoken further north in the Netherlands) hand, andere, moond and lòpe. Nouns are always capitalized, following German conventions.

As the Eupen dialect is used by the German minority in Belgium, it is considered to be a dialect of German just like Kölsch. This contrasts with the treatment of the related Dutch Ripuarian dialects (e.g. the Vaals dialect), which fall under the umbrella of Limburgish (see Southeast Limburgish), which is a statutory provincial language in the Netherlands.

Bibliography

• Theissen, Siegfried (2013). Neues Wörterbuch der Eupener Mundart. GEV, Grenz-Echo Verlag. ISBN 978-3-86712-078-4.
• Theissen, Siegfried: Neues Wörterbuch der Eupener Mundart : Nachfolgeband, Eigenverlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-86712-078-4
• Tonnar, August; Evers, Wilhelm; Altenburg, Wilhelm: Wörterbuch der Eupener Sprache. Unveränd. Neudr. d. Ausg. von 1899, M. Sändig Reprint Verlag, Wiesbaden 1970.

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