Dutch Low Saxon
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| Language classification</th> |
| Indo-European languages |
| Germanic languages |
| West Germanic languages |
| Low Saxon languages |
| Dutch Low Saxon |
| This article is a part of the Dutch dialects series. |
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| The Dialects |
| Brabantian |
| Hollandic |
| West Flemish |
| Zealandic |
| East Flemish |
| Zuid-Gelders |
| Dutch Low Saxon<ref>Hermann Niebaum/Jürgen Macha: Einführung in die Dialektologie des Deutschen, 2., neubearbeitete Auflage, Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 2006, p. 221, footnote 7 considers Low Saxon as a Dutch dialectal variant. In the Netherlands the Low Saxon dialects are generally seen as Dutch dialects. Linguist acknowledge that Low German dialects in the Netherlands are heavily influenced by Dutch, allowing for a broader classification.</ref> |
| Limburgish |
Dutch Low Saxon (Saksisch, Nedersaksisch) is a dialect group that is spoken in the northeastern Netherlands. The classification of Dutch Low Saxon is not unanimous. From a diachronic point of view, it is classified as a Low German variety. This classification is reflected in the name Dutch Low Saxon, Low Saxon (Nedersaksisch) being a synonym of Low German (Nederduits) that is more commonly used in the Netherlands. From a strictly synchronic point of view, however, some linguists classify it as a variety of Dutch.<ref>Hermann Niebaum/Jürgen Macha: Einführung in die Dialektologie des Deutschen, 2., neubearbeitete Auflage, Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 2006, p. 221, footnote 7.</ref> Some forms of Dutch Low Saxon show features of Westphalian, a West Low German dialect spoken in Germany. It is comprised of the following forms:
- Twents
- Midden-Drents
- Gronings
- Twents-Graafschaaps
- Noord-Drents
- Zuiddrents/Sallands
- Sallands
- Zuid-Drents
- Achterhoeks
- Veluws
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