 In Germany it is mostly considered as a form of Ripuarian, instead of Limburgish.According to a contemporary vision, all varieties in a wider half circle some 20 km around Aachen, including 2/3 of Dutch South Limburg and also the so-called Low Dietsch area between Voeren and Eupen in Belgium, can be taken as a group of its own, which recently has been named "Limburgish of the Three Countries Area" (Dutch