Dutch Low Saxon (Dutch Low Saxon and Dutch: Nedersaksisch) is a group of Low Saxon, i.e., West Low German, dialects spoken in the northeastern Netherlands. In comparison, the remainder of the Netherlands (besides the Frisian speaking part) speak a collection of Low Franconian dialects.
The class “Dutch Low Saxon” is not unanimous. From a diachronic point of view, the Dutch Low Saxon dialects are merely the Low Saxon dialects which are native to areas in the Netherlands (as opposed to areas in northern Germany). From a strictly synchronic point of view, however, some linguists classify Dutch Low Saxon as a variety of Dutch. Some Dutch Low Saxon dialects show features of Westphalian, a West Low German dialect spoken in Germany.
| Language classification |
| Indo-European languages |
| Germanic languages |
| West Germanic languages |
| Low German |
| Dutch Low Saxon |
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