as ional ▁occurrence ▁of ▁the ▁Ing va e onic ▁nas al - sp ir ant ▁law . ▁Se en ▁in ▁some ▁place ▁names , ▁such ▁as ▁- m ude ▁(" mouth ") ▁where ▁more ▁south western ▁areas ▁retain ▁the ▁nas al : ▁- mon de . ▁ ▁Use ▁of ▁the ▁form ▁ji ▁for ▁the ▁second - person ▁pl ural ▁pron oun . ▁ ▁Ret ention ▁of ▁. ▁ ▁L ack ▁of ▁um la ut ▁ ▁> ▁ ▁before ▁. ▁ ▁Lim burg ish ▁ ▁Lim burg ish ▁was ▁spoken ▁by ▁the ▁people ▁in ▁the ▁provinces ▁of ▁modern ▁Dutch ▁and ▁Belg ian ▁Lim burg . ▁It ▁was ▁not ▁clearly ▁tied ▁to ▁one ▁political ▁area , ▁instead ▁being ▁divided ▁among ▁various ▁areas , ▁including ▁the ▁Duch y ▁of ▁Lim burg ▁( which ▁was ▁south ▁of ▁modern ▁Lim burg ). ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁most ▁diver gent ▁of ▁the ▁dialect s . ▁▁ ▁Gener ally , ▁a ▁strong ▁" s out he astern " ▁influence , ▁t ying ▁it ▁more ▁to ▁Middle ▁High ▁German ▁in ▁some ▁respect s ▁(" C olog n ian ▁expansion "). ▁The ▁effects ▁of ▁the ▁High ▁German ▁con son ant ▁shift ▁are ▁occasionally ▁found . ▁ ▁um la ut ▁affect s ▁all ▁v ow els ▁and ▁is ▁morph olog ically ▁significant . ▁ ▁Ret ention ▁of ▁the ▁older ▁German ic ▁di ph th ongs ▁ ▁and ▁ ▁where ▁other ▁Middle ▁Dutch ▁dialect s ▁have ▁mon oph th ong ized ▁these ▁to ▁ ê ▁and ▁ ô . ▁ ▁Ret ention ▁of ▁