Dialects
Dutch Low Saxon comprises the following forms (any of which are considered separate languages in ISO 639-3):
- Westerkertiers
- Pompsters
- Kölmerlands
- Middaglands
- Midden-Westerkertiers
- Zuud-Westerkertiers
- Grunnegs and Noord-Drèents
- Hoogelaandsters
- Stadsgrunnegs
- Westerwoolds
- Veenkelonioals
- Oldambtsters
- Stellingwarfs
- Midden-Drèents
- Zuud-Drèents
- Tweants
- Tweants-Groafschops
- Gelders-Oaveriessels
- Achterhooks
- Sallaans
- Urkers
- Veluws
- Oost-Veluws
- West-Veluws
Most varieties belong to the West Low Saxon group. Grunnegs is so different from the rest of the Dutch Low Saxon varieties that it may be treated separately. Tweants and Achterhooks belong to the Westphalian group of dialects. The remainder, Drèents, Stellingwarfs, Sallaans, Urkers and Veluws, could be classified in their own subdivision, since they form the westernmost group of Low Saxon dialects, considerably affected by Dutch. Urkers and West-Veluws are even so heavily Hollandified that some people classify these dialects as Low Franconian rather than Low Saxon.
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