Geographical Distribution
The hard ⟨g⟩ is primarily used in the northern part of the Dutch language area in Europe, namely:
- All provinces of the Netherlands, excluding some dialects of Gelderland and Utrecht, and most dialects of North Brabant and Limburg.
- Most dialects of West and East Flanders. Those dialects, as well as the ones of Zeeland, realize both ⟨g⟩ and ⟨ch⟩ as .
The soft ⟨g⟩ is primarily used in the southern part of the Dutch language area in Europe namely:
- The Netherlands
- Provinces of Limburg and North Brabant.
- Parts of the province of Gelderland namely the Bommelerwaard, Betuwe, the region surrounding and including Nijmegen, Land van Maas en Waal, the southern part of the Veluwe and the Achterhoek.
- Southeastern part of the province of Utrecht.
- Dutch-speaking Belgium, excluding most dialects of West Flanders and East Flanders.
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