Stellingwarfs dialect

Stellingwarfs
Stellingwarfs, Stellingwerf, Stellingwerfs
Native toNetherlands
RegionNortheast, Stellingwerven region, Friesland province. Centers are Oosterwolde and Wolvega.
Native speakers
5,000 (2016)[1]
Official status
Official language in
Netherlands - Recognized by the government in 1996 as being part of Low Saxon [nds].[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3stl
Glottologstel1238

Stellingwarfs (Dutch: Stellingwerfs) is a Westphalian[citation needed] and Friso-Saxon[citation needed] dialect spoken in Ooststellingwerf and Weststellingwerf in the Dutch province of Friesland, and also in Steenwijkerland and Westerveld in the Dutch province of Overijssel and Drenthe.

Like Het Bildt and Leeuwarden, Weststellingwerf and Ooststellingwerf are among the municipalities of Friesland where West Frisian is not spoken.

The language was identified by the government of the Netherlands in 1996 within Low Saxon.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Stellingwarfs at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon