Veluws is a Westphalian dialect which is spoken on the Veluwe, in the northwest of Gelderland, in central Netherlands. The language was recognized by the government of the Netherlands in 1996 (as part of Low Saxon).

Dialects

Veluws is usually divided into two main dialects,

West-Veluws West-Veluws is a Low Saxon dialect of the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is spoken in several Veluwe municipalities and villages including: Nunspeet, Putten, Ermelo (''Armelo''), Harderwijk (''Harderwiek''), Uddel, Nijkerk (''Niekark''), Appel ...

and

Oost-Veluws Oost-Veluws (East Veluws) is one of the main dialects of Veluws and is therefore related to West-Veluws and Sallaans. It is spoken in the Dutch province Gelderland. The dialect is endangered as there are few native speakers left. Delimitation of ...

(East Veluws), these two dialects are reasonably similar but differ in grammar. For example: in Oost-Veluws it is said ('you are working') and in West-Veluws ('you are working'). West-Veluws has more influenced from Dutch. Typically the closer one gets to the border with Oost-Veluws, the more the dialects differ from Standard Dutch. For example, in the central part where West-Veluws is spoken ('he is standing'); in the northwestern part the corresponding phrase sounds , compared to in Oost-Veluws. The latter has more Low Saxon influence. In Hattem, the northeastern part where Oost-Veluws is spoken, it has more Sallandic influences.

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Dutch Low Saxon Westphalian dialects Languages of the Netherlands Culture of Gelderland {{Germanic-lang-stub

Dialects

See also

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