Achterhooks

E14290

Low Saxon dialect regional dialect

Achterhooks is a regional Low Saxon dialect spoken in the Achterhoek area of the eastern Netherlands.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Low Saxon dialect → regional dialect →
belongsTo	West Low German →
closelyRelatedTo	Sallands → Twents → Veluws →
country	Netherlands →
culturalAssociation	Achterhoek regional identity →
endangeredStatus	under pressure from Standard Dutch →
hasAlternativeName	Achterhoeks →
hasAlternativeSpelling	Achterhoeks →
hasConsonantFeature	Low Saxon /g/ and /k/ contrasts →
hasDialectContinuumWith	other Dutch Low Saxon dialects →
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom	Standard Dutch → neighboring Low Saxon dialects →
hasMorphologicalFeature	use of Low Saxon diminutive endings →
hasPhonologicalFeature	Low Saxon vowel system →
hasSociolinguisticStatus	regional language variety →
hasSubvarieties	local village-based varieties →
hasVowelFeature	diphthongization patterns distinct from Standard Dutch →
influencedBy	Dutch language →
languageCodeType	has no separate ISO 639-3 code →
languageFamily	West Germanic languages →
partOf	Dutch Low Saxon →
recognizedAs	regional language under Dutch policy for Low Saxon →
region	Achterhoek →
spokenIn	eastern Netherlands → province of Gelderland →
subfamily	Low Saxon →
typicalWordOrder	SVO →
usedFor	informal oral communication → local culture and traditions → regional literature and songs →
usedIn	local media in the Achterhoek →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Twents ("Achterhoeks") → Veluws →	closelyRelatedTo
Achterhooks ("Achterhoeks") →	hasAlternativeName
Dutch Low Saxon ("Achterhoeks") →	hasDialect
Veluws →	hasDialectContinuumWith
Dutch →	hasDialects
Sallands ("Achterhoeks") →	isMoreSimilarTo
Sallands ("Achterhoeks") →	neighboringDialect