Hasselt dialect | |
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Essels, Hessels | |
Pronunciation | [ˈʔæsəls], [ˈhæsəls] |
Native to | Belgium |
Region | Hasselt |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
Hasselt dialect or Hasselt Limburgish (natively Essels or Hessels,Standard Dutch: Hasselts [ˈɦɑsəlts]) is the city dialect and variant of Limburgish spoken in the Belgian city of Hasselt alongside the Dutch language. All of its speakers are bilingual with standard Dutch.
According to Peters (2006), /r/ is realized as a voiced trill, either alveolar [r] or uvular [ʀ]. Between vowels, it is sometimes realized with one contact (i.e. as a tap) [ɾ ~ ʀ̆], whereas word-finally, it can be devoiced to [r̥ ~ ʀ̥].
According to Sebregts (2014), about two thirds of speakers have a uvular /r/, whereas about one third has a categorical alveolar /r/. There are also a few speakers who mix uvular and alveolar articulations.