Veluws dialect
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Veluws | |
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Veluws | |
Native to | Netherlands |
Native speakers | 175,000 (2009)[1] |
Indo-European
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Official status | |
Official language in | Netherlands Recognized in 1996 (as being part of Low Saxon).[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | vel |
Glottolog | velu1238 |
Geographical location of Veluws (colour: light green) among the other minority and regional languages and dialects of the Benelux countries |
Veluws is a dialect or an umbrella term for dialects which are spoken in Veluwe, in the northwest of Gelderland, in central Netherlands.
Dialects
Veluws is usually divided into two
West-Veluws has more influence from
Westveluws is classified as Low Franconian (Nederfrankisch), more specifically as belonging to Hollands-Frankisch, while Oostveluws is Low Saxon (Saksisch).[2] In another classification, the dialects in the South and West of Veluwe (together with e.g. North Holland and Utrecht) belong to the Central Dutch varieties and are Low Franconian, while the North and East of Veluwe (together with e.g. Salland) is part of Overijssel and belong to Low Saxon.[3] In another terminology, Veluws is the dialect of the West, South and Center of Veluwe (Low Franconian) and Sallands is the dialect in a small part in the North and the East of Veluwe and Salland (Low Saxon).[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b Veluws at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ E. Rijpma & F. G. Schuringa, edited by Jan van Bakel, Nederlandse spraakkunst, 21st ed., 1967, p. 24, § 8 (also online at dbnl.org)
- ^ Wilbert Jan Heeringa, Measuring Dialect Pronunciation Differences using Levenshtein Distance, doctor's thesis, 2004, p. 229 and 231 (online)
- ^ A. A. Weijnen, Nederlandse dialectkunde, 1958, p. 461, Kaart 36a - De noordoostelijke dialecten (online)