Twents

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Twents is a Dutch Low Saxon dialect spoken in the Twente region of the eastern Netherlands.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Twents canonical 7
Twentenaar 1

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch Low Saxon dialect
West Germanic language variety
closelyRelatedTo Achterhooks
surface form: Achterhoeks

Drents
Gronings
Sallands
country Netherlands
hasAncestor Middle Low German
Old Saxon
hasDialect Enschedees
Hengelose dialect
Oldenzaal
surface form: Oldenzaals
hasISOStatus covered by ISO 639-3 code nds (Low German)}
hasMorphologicalFeature Low Saxon plural endings
hasPhonologicalFeature diphthongization patterns distinct from Standard Dutch
vowel length distinctions
hasSyntacticFeature verb-second word order
influencedBy Dutch
surface form: Dutch language

Dutch
surface form: Standard Dutch
languageFamily Germanic languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

West Germanic languages
partOf Dutch Low Saxon
recognizedAs regional language in the Netherlands
region Twente
spokenIn eastern Netherlands
subclassOf Low Saxon dialect continuum
surface form: Low Saxon

Low Saxon dialect continuum
surface form: Westphalian Low Saxon
usedFor everyday communication
regional identity expression
writingSystem Latin script

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Twente hasRegionalIdentity Twents
this entity surface form: Twentenaar
Sallands isMoreSimilarTo Twents
Tweants hasAlternativeName Twents