Achterhooks dialect
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| Achterhooks | |
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| Aachterhoeks, Achterhoek | |
| Native to | Netherlands |
| Region | Achterhoek |
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Native speakers
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Official language in
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The Netherlands |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | act |
| Glottolog | acht1238[3] |
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Achterhooks (Dutch: Achterhoeks, Dutch Low Saxon: Achterhooks) is a Dutch Low Saxon dialect spoken in Gelderland.
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Geographic distribution[edit]
The Achterhooks language is spoken in the Netherlands in western Europe, Northeast, with speakers concentrated in Gelderland Province.[2]
Official status[edit]
The language was recognized by the government of the Netherlands in 1996 (as being part of Low Saxonian).[2]
Current status[edit]
The speech variety has had some growth and development, with Bible portions translated in 2002.[2]
Classification[edit]
It is not well defined what constitutes a language versus a dialect, but Achterhooks is generally considered to be a dialect of Low Saxon.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ The sources for this article do not contain any information regarding the number of native speakers.
- ^ a b c d e Achterhooks at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Achterhoeks". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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