Stellingwarfs dialect (original) (raw)

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Westphalian dialect spoken in Friesland

Stellingwarfs
Stellingwarfs, Stellingwerf, Stellingwerfs
Native to Netherlands
Region Northeast, Stellingwerven region, Friesland province. Centers are Oosterwolde and Wolvega.
Native speakers 5,000 (2016)[1]
Language family Indo-European GermanicWest GermanicNorth Sea GermanicLow GermanLow SaxonWestphalian[_citation needed_]Stellingwarfs
Official status
Official language in Netherlands- Recognized by the government in 1996 as being part of Low Saxon [nds].[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 stl
Glottolog stel1238

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]

| | Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Dorsal | Glottal | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Stop | voiceless | p | t | ʈ | k | | | voiced | b | d | ɖ | ɡ | | | | Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʂ | χ | h | | voiced | v | z | ʐ | | | | | Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ŋ | | | | Trill | | r | | | | | | Approximant | ʋ | l | ɭ | j | | |

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