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 South Guelderish Limburgish, which is a group of transitional dialects between Kleverlands 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 /ˈmɪx/ instead of the Brabantian mij /ˈmɛɪ/ as the accusative form of ik 'I').

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Phonology

Vowels

• /ə/ is restricted to unstressed syllables.
• /oː/ is near-close [o̝ː].[2]
• /ɒ, ɒː/ are phonetically open but phonologically open-mid, the back counterparts of /œ, œː/.
• /aː/ is somewhat 'laxer' [ɐː] than in Standard Dutch.[3]

Pitch accent

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 /ˈbɛɪn/ 'legs' vs. bein /ˈbɛ́ɪn/ 'leg', with the first word in each pair featuring Accent 1 (left unmarked) and the second word Accent 2 (transcribed as a high tone).[4][5]

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