Within a wider context, the region is part of what is called the Blue Banana European urbanisation corridor.

The intra-cultural aspect of the Limburgish and Ripuarian is that they are spoken on both sides of the border.

Limburgish, although only recognised as such in The Netherlands, is also spoken in Belgian Limburg and North Rhine-Westphalia.

In daily life, one rarely makes a distinction between Limburgish and Ripuarian.

Moreover, Ripuarian-speakers in Dutch Limburg generally consider their dialects to be part of the Limburgish language, not the Ripuarian one.