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| Veluws | |
|---|---|
| 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 (Oost-Veluws andWest-Veluws) among the other minority and regional languages and dialects of theBenelux countries | |
Veluws is a dialect or an umbrella term for dialects which are spoken inVeluwe, in the northwest ofGelderland, in centralNetherlands.
Veluws is usually divided into twomain dialects,West-Veluws andOost-Veluws (East Veluws), these two dialects are reasonably similar but differ ingrammar. For example: in Oost-Veluws it is saidie warkt/wärkt ('you are working') and in West-Veluwsjie warken/waarken ('you are working').
West-Veluws has more influence fromDutch. Typically the closer one gets to the border with Oost-Veluws, the more the dialects differ from Standard Dutch. For example, in the central part where West-Veluws is spokenhie staot ('he is standing'); in the northwestern part the corresponding phrase soundshij steet, compared tohij/hee stiet in Oost-Veluws. The latter has more Low Saxon influence. InHattem, the northeastern part where Oost-Veluws is spoken, it has moreSallandic influences.[citation needed]
Westveluws is classified as Low Franconian (Nederfrankisch), more specifically as belonging toHollands-Frankisch, while Oostveluws is Low Saxon (Saksisch).[2]In another classification, the dialects in the South and West ofVeluwe (together with e.g.North Holland andUtrecht) 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 ofVeluwe (Low Franconian) andSallands is the dialect in a small part in the North and the East of Veluwe andSalland (Low Saxon).[4]
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