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| Drents | |
|---|---|
| Dreins | |
| Drèents | |
| Native to | Netherlands |
| Region | Drenthe and a strip ofOverijssel just south of Drenthe |
Native speakers | 255,000 (2009)[1] |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Netherlands (as part of Low Saxon) |
| Regulated by | Provincial States of Drenthe (spelling) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | drt |
| Glottolog | dren1238 |
 Map showing the provinces ofDrenthe (most of the area in green tones) andOverijssel (mostly grey; with small regions in dark green south of Drenthe) | |
Drèents (alsoDreins,Dreints,Drents,Drints;Dutch:Drents) is a collective term forWestphalian dialects spoken inDrenthe, aprovince of theNetherlands. They are spoken by about half of the population of the province.
| Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Dorsal | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | voiceless | p | t | ʈ | k | |
| voiced | b | d | ɖ | ɡ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʂ | χ | |
| voiced | v | z | ʐ | ɦ | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ŋ | ||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Approximant | ʋ | l | ɭ | j | ||
The dialects from the north and the east (see below: 'Noordenvelds' and 'Veenkoloniaals') are somehow more related toGronings (aNorthern Low Saxon dialect), the dialects from the south-west are 'Stellingwerfs', and the dialects in a few villages along the southern border with theGrafschaftBentheim (Germany) are considered to beSallaans (because they have anumlaut in the diminutives).
TheStichting Drentse Taol (Drèents Language Foundation) distinguishes seven main variants of Drèents within the province, based on the research done by G.H. Kocks, the main editor of theWoordenboek der Drentse Dialecten (Dictionary of the Drèents Dialects):
It also can be divided into Midden-Drents and Zuid-Drents.
| Emmen dialect: | We moet'n nie zo haast'n. |
| Standard Dutch: | Wij hoeven ons niet zo te haasten. |
| English: | We do not have to hurry. |
| Northern Drenthe: | ien | twei | dreei | vier | vief | zes | zeum | aacht | neegn | tien |
| Southwest Drenthe: | iene | tweie | dreie | veere | vieve | zesse | zeum | achte | neegn | tiene |
| Standard Dutch: | een | twee | drie | vier | vijf | zes | zeven | acht | negen | tien |
| English: | one | two | three | four | five | six | seven | eight | nine | ten |
| Drenthe: | Ie kunt wel geliek hebb'n. |
| Standard Dutch: | U heeft gelijk. |
| English: | You must be right. |
| This article is a part of a series on |
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| Low Saxon dialects |
| West Low Franconian dialects |
| East Low Franconian dialects |