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Limburgish
- mojertaal (widespread). See there for more alternative forms.
Etymology
Compound of Modder (“mother”) + Schproëk (“language”). Possibly a loan translation of Latin lingua materna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmo.dəʁˌʃpʁɔə̯k/
- Hyphenation: Mod‧der‧schproëk
- Rhymes: -ɔə̯k
Noun
Modderschproëk f (plural Modderschproëke)
- (Eupen) mother tongue; native language
- (Eupen, linguistics) ancestor language (language from which another is derived)