Veluws dialect


Veluws is a Dutch Low Saxon dialect which is spoken on the Veluwe. The language was recognized by the government of the Netherlands in 1996.

Geographic distribution

Veluws is spoken in the Central Netherlands, in the Northwest of Gelderland.

Dialects

Veluws is usually divided into two main dialects, West-Veluws and Oost-Veluws, these two dialects are reasonably similar but differ in grammar. For example: in Oost-Veluws they say ie warkt/wärkt and in West-Veluws jie warken/waarken.

Lexical similarities

West-Veluws is also more influenced by Dutch. The closer one gets to the border with Oost-Veluws, the result usually results in more the dialects differed from Standard Dutch. For example, in the central part where West-Veluws is spoken they say hie staot, in the North Western part they say hij steet compared to hij/hee stiet 'he is standing' in Oost-Veluws, this already has a more Low Saxon influence. Hattem, the North Eastern part where & when Oost-Veluws is spoken, it seems to "have" or in the direct mentioned, 'has a' Sallandic influence.

Classification

It is not well defined what constitutes a language versus a dialect, but Veluws is generally considered to be a dialect of Low Saxon, classified Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon.