Dutch Low Saxon

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Dutch Low Saxon is a group of closely related Low German dialects spoken in the northeastern Netherlands, recognized as a regional language.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Nedersaksisch 1
North Low Saxon 1
Sallands Nedersaksisch 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Low German dialect continuum
West Germanic language
minority language
regional language
closelyRelatedTo Low German
Low German
surface form: West Low German
country Netherlands
distinctFrom High German
Dutch
surface form: Standard Dutch
hasAlternativeName Dutch Low Saxon dialects
Dutch Low Saxon
surface form: Nedersaksisch
hasDialect Achterhooks
surface form: Achterhoeks

Drents
Gronings
Sallands
Weststellingwerf
surface form: Stellingwerfs

Twents
Veluws
hasMorphologicalFeature Germanic inflectional morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature Low German consonant system
hasRegulatoryBody Meertens Institute
surface form: Stichting Nederlandse Dialectenraad
hasSyntacticFeature verb-second word order
influencedBy Dutch
surface form: Dutch language
ISO639-3Code nds
languageFamily Germanic languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

West Germanic languages
officialStatus recognized regional language
partOf Low Saxon dialect continuum
recognizedAs regional language in the Netherlands
recognizedBy European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Government of the Netherlands
region Low Saxon language area in the Netherlands
spokenIn northeastern Netherlands
province of Drenthe NERFINISHED
province of Flevoland
province of Friesland
province of Gelderland NERFINISHED
province of Groningen
province of Overijssel
subclassOf Germanic languages
Low German
West Germanic languages
usedFor folk music
local literature
oral communication
writingSystem Latin script

Referenced by (7)

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

Dutch Low Saxon hasAlternativeName Dutch Low Saxon
this entity surface form: Nedersaksisch
Sallands hasAlternativeName Dutch Low Saxon
this entity surface form: Sallands Nedersaksisch
Northern Germany language Dutch Low Saxon
this entity surface form: North Low Saxon
Achterhooks partOf Dutch Low Saxon
Sallands partOf Dutch Low Saxon
Twents partOf Dutch Low Saxon
Veluws subclassOf Dutch Low Saxon