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Brusselian dialect
| Brusselian | |
|---|---|
| Brusseleir | |
| Native to | Belgium, specifically Brussels |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| IETF | nl-u-sd-bebru |
Brusselian (also known as Brusseleer, Brusselair, Brusseleir, Marols or Marollien) is a Dutch dialect native to Brussels, Belgium. It is essentially a heavily-Francisized Brabantian Dutch dialect[1][2] that incorporates a sprinkle of Spanish loanwords dating back to the rule of the Low Countries by the Habsburgs (1519–1713).[3]
Brusselian was widely spoken in the Marolles/Marollen neighbourhood of the City of Brussels until the 20th century.[3] It still survives among a small minority of inhabitants called Brusseleers[3] (or Brusseleirs), many of them quite bi- and multilingual in French and Dutch.[4][5]
The Royal Theatre Toone, a folkloric theatre of marionettes in central Brussels, still puts on puppet plays in Brusselian.[3]
- ^ Baerten 1982, p. 887–897.
- ^ De Vriendt 2003, p. 7–8.
- ^ a b c d Evans 2008, p. 71.
- ^ Johan Winkler (1874). "De stad Brussel". Algemeen Nederduitsch en Friesch Dialecticon (in Dutch). Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren. pp. 264–272. Archived from the original on January 7, 2005. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
- ^ Treffers-Daller, Jeanine (1994). Mixing Two Languages: French-Dutch Contact in a Comparative Perspective. Walter de Gruyter. p. 300. ISBN 3110138379. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
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