Dutch Low Saxon

The Lower Saxon dialects in the Netherlands ( Dutch: Nederlands Nedersaksisch, coll: plat ) are spoken in the provinces of Groningen, Drenthe and Overijssel and Gelderland, ie in the northern east of the country. They are reinforced influences ( superstrate ) exposed from the standard Dutch, while the Lower Saxon dialects in Germany are exposed influences of Standard German. While the northern dialects ( Gronings ) are attributable to the Ostfriesischen the northern Lower Saxony, the Twents arises, for example, rather of Westphalia.

Many of the Lower Saxon dialects in the Netherlands were affected by the Dutch expansion of the 17th century, all of them are lexically regarding neologisms strongly dependent on the Dutch. The notation is adapted to the Dutch spelling, for example, the word for " farmer": boer (Netherlands) and buur ( Germany ), but both are pronounced the same ( such as " Buhr ").

Relation to the Lower Saxon dialects in Germany

The Lower Saxon dialects in the Netherlands usually have a close resemblance to their counterparts on German territory. However, the influence of the two standard languages ​​on the dialects in the 20th century led to the fact that the border developed into a dialect boundary. Some linguists have therefore gone over to regard the dialects known as Nedersaksisch as a Dutch dialect group ( Ostniederländisch ). In this synchronous view, the German - Dutch border is to the Lower Rhine language area and the western border of Lower Saxony.

Varieties of the Lower Saxon dialects in the Netherlands

The nedersaksischen varieties, many of which are referred to in ISO 639-3/DIS as separate languages ​​are:

  • Gronings and North Drents
  • Stellingwerfs
  • Midden- Drents
  • Zuid- Drents
  • Twents
  • Twents Graaf Schaps
  • Gelders - Overijssels ( Achterhoeks ) and Urk )
  • Veluws

The Gronings, very similar to the East Frisian Platt, belongs to the Northern Lower Saxony main group, all the other varieties are Western Low Saxon. Gronings is so different from the rest of the Dutch- Lower Saxon dialects, that it should be treated separately. Twents and Achterhoeks belong to the Westphalian dialect group. The rest, Drents, Stellingwerfs, Sallands, Urkers and Veluws could be classified in their own subordination, as they form the westernmost group of Lower Saxony dialects, considerably affected by Dutch. Urkers and West Veluws are so heavily influenced by the Dutch that some classify these dialects as Low Franconian rather than as Low Saxon.

Dutch influence

  • A unified plural in-en rather than -t.
  • Various changes of vowels
  • Loss of the word you
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