According to Sebregts (2014), about two thirds of speakers have a uvular /ʀ/, whereas about one third has a categorical alveolar /ʀ/. There are also a few speakers who mix uvular and alveolar articulations.
Elsewhere in the article, the consonant is transcribed ⟨ʀ⟩ for the sake of consistency with IPA transcriptions of other dialects of Limburgish.
There are three combinations of long monophthongs with coda /j/ - those are /uːj/, /ɔːj/ and /ɑːj/, with the latter two occurring only in the word-final position, as in kaoj /ˈkɔːj/ 'harm' (pl.) and lâj /ˈlɑːj/ 'drawer'. An example word for the sequence /uːj/ is noêj /ˈnuːj/ 'unwillingly'.
The location of stress is the same as in Belgian Standard Dutch. In compound nouns, the stress is sometimes shifted to the second element (the head noun), as in stadhäös /stɑtˈɦœːs/ 'town hall'. Loanwords from French sometimes preserve the original final stress.
A unique feature of this dialect is that all stressed syllables can bear either of the accents, even the CVC syllables with a non-sonorant coda. In compounds, all combinations of pitch accent are possible: Aastraot /ˈaːˌstʀɔːt/ 'Old Street', Vèsmerrek /ˈvɛsˌmæʀk˨/ 'Fish Market', Ekestraot /ˈeː˨kəˌstʀɔːt/ 'Oak Street' and Freetmerrek /ˈfʀeːt˨ˌmæʀk˨/ 'Fruit Market'.
Staelens (1989). - Staelens, Xavier (1989), Dieksjenèèr van 't (H)essels (3rd ed.), Hasselt: de Langeman
Peters (2006), p. 117. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Peters (2006), p. 117. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Sebregts (2014), pp. 96–97. - Sebregts, Koen (2014), "3.4.4 Hasselt" (PDF), The Sociophonetics and Phonology of Dutch r, Utrecht: LOT, pp. 96–99, ISBN 978-94-6093-161-1 http://koensebregts.nl/FullTextSEBREGTSLOT379.pdf
Peters (2006), p. 118. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Peters (2006), p. 117. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Gussenhoven (2007), pp. 336–337. - Gussenhoven, Carlos (2007). "Wat is de beste transcriptie voor het Nederlands?" (PDF) (in Dutch). Nijmegen: Radboud University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2023. http://gep.ruhosting.nl/carlos/wat_is_de_beste_transcriptie.pdf
Peters (2006), p. 118. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Peters (2006), p. 118. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Peters (2006), p. 118. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Peters (2006). While the author does not state that explicitly, he uses the symbol ⟨r̥⟩ for many instances of the word-final /ʀ/. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Sebregts (2014), p. 96. - Sebregts, Koen (2014), "3.4.4 Hasselt" (PDF), The Sociophonetics and Phonology of Dutch r, Utrecht: LOT, pp. 96–99, ISBN 978-94-6093-161-1 http://koensebregts.nl/FullTextSEBREGTSLOT379.pdf
Sebregts (2014), p. 97. - Sebregts, Koen (2014), "3.4.4 Hasselt" (PDF), The Sociophonetics and Phonology of Dutch r, Utrecht: LOT, pp. 96–99, ISBN 978-94-6093-161-1 http://koensebregts.nl/FullTextSEBREGTSLOT379.pdf
Sebregts (2014), p. 97. - Sebregts, Koen (2014), "3.4.4 Hasselt" (PDF), The Sociophonetics and Phonology of Dutch r, Utrecht: LOT, pp. 96–99, ISBN 978-94-6093-161-1 http://koensebregts.nl/FullTextSEBREGTSLOT379.pdf
Peters (2006), pp. 118–119. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Belemans & Keulen (2004), p. 34. - Belemans, Rob; Keulen, Ronny (2004), Belgisch-Limburgs, Lannoo Uitgeverij, ISBN 978-9020958553 https://books.google.com/books?id=zP4_GRBd2z8C
Belemans & Keulen (2004), p. 34. - Belemans, Rob; Keulen, Ronny (2004), Belgisch-Limburgs, Lannoo Uitgeverij, ISBN 978-9020958553 https://books.google.com/books?id=zP4_GRBd2z8C
Peters (2006), p. 119. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Belemans & Keulen (2004), p. 34. - Belemans, Rob; Keulen, Ronny (2004), Belgisch-Limburgs, Lannoo Uitgeverij, ISBN 978-9020958553 https://books.google.com/books?id=zP4_GRBd2z8C
Peters (2006), p. 119. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Peters (2006), p. 119. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Peters (2006), pp. 118–119. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Peters (2006), p. 119. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Peters (2006), p. 119. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Peters (2006), p. 118. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Peters (2006), p. 119. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Peters (2006), p. 119. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Peters (2006), p. 119. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Peters (2006), p. 119. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Peters (2006), pp. 119–120. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Peters (2006), pp. 120–121. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Köhnlein (2013), pp. 5–7. - Köhnlein, Björn (2013), "Optimizing the relation between tone and prominence: Evidence from Franconian, Scandinavian, and Serbo-Croatian tone accent systems" (PDF), Lingua, 131: 1–28, doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2013.03.002 https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/b/23850/files/2015/10/Koehnlein_Lingua_final-2kj4gvy.pdf
Peters (2006), p. 120. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428
Peters (2006), p. 123. - Peters, Jörg (2006), "The dialect of Hasselt", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (1): 117–124, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002428 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0025100306002428