Achterhooks dialect

Achterhooks
Aachterhoeks, Achterhoek
Native to Netherlands
Region Achterhoek
Official status
Official language in
The Netherlands
Language codes
ISO 639-3 act
Glottolog acht1238[1]
Low Saxon edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Achterhooks (Dutch: Achterhoeks, Dutch Low Saxon: Achterhooks) is a Dutch Low Saxon dialect spoken in Gelderland.

Geographic distribution

The Achterhooks language is spoken in the Netherlands in western Europe, Northeast, with speakers concentrated in Gelderland Province.[2]

Status

The language was recognized by the government of the Netherlands in 1996 (as being part of Low Saxonian).[2]

The speech variety has had some growth and development, with Bible portions translated in 2002.[2]

References

  1. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Achterhoeks". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  2. 1 2 3 Achterhooks dialect at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)


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