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The dialect of Loosduinen (Loosduins) is very similar to The Hague dialect, and Ton Goeman classifies it as a separate dialect. [4] It differs from other varieties of Haags by having a diphthongal pronunciation of /ɛi/ and /ʌu/. Some people also speak The Hague dialect in Zoetermeer. That is because an influx of people from The Hague to ...
The urban dialects of the Randstad, which are Hollandic dialects, do not diverge from standard Dutch very much, but there is a clear difference between the city dialects of Rotterdam, The Hague, Amsterdam and Utrecht. In some rural Hollandic areas, more authentic Hollandic dialects are still being used, especially north of Amsterdam.
Hollandic or Hollandish (Dutch: Hollands [ˈɦɔlɑnts] ⓘ) is the most widely spoken dialect of the Dutch language. Hollandic is among the Central Dutch dialects . Other important language varieties of spoken Low Franconian languages are Brabantian , Flemish ( East Flemish , West Flemish ), Zeelandic , Limburgish and Surinamese Dutch .
Central Dutch dialects are a group of dialects of the Dutch language from the Netherlands. [1] They are spoken in Holland, Utrecht Province, south-western Gelderland, North Brabant and few parts of Limburg (Netherlands) and Friesland , [1] and include Hollandic. It borders Low Saxon without Gronings, Limburgish, Brabantian and Zeelandic.
The dialects from the north and the east (see below: 'Noordenvelds' and 'Veenkoloniaals') are somehow more related to Gronings (a Northern Low Saxon dialect), the dialects from the south-west are 'Stellingwerfs', and the dialects in a few villages along the southern border with the Grafschaft Bentheim are considered to be Sallaans (because they have an umlaut in the diminutives).
Several dialects of Dutch Low Saxon are spoken in much of the north-east of the country and are recognised as regional languages according to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Low Saxon is spoken by 1,798,000 speakers. [5] Another Low Franconian dialect is Limburgish, which is spoken in the south-eastern province of Limburg.
In the Low Countries, South Low Franconian varieties are predominantly spoken in Belgian Limburg and Dutch Limburg provinces. However, not all regional dialects of Limburg belong to the South Low Franconian group (especially in the northern part of Dutch Limburg north of Horst where Kleverlandish dialects are spoken, and also in Meijel with its local dialect that can be classified as ...
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