 Limburgish is recognised as a regional language in the Netherlands.As such, it receives moderate protection under chapter 2 of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.The area in which Limburgish is spoken roughly fits within a wide circle from Venlo (NL) to Düsseldorf (D) to Aachen (D) to Maastricht (NL) to Hasselt (B) and back to Venlo.