Native to Netherlands Official language in The Netherlands Glottolog acht1238 | Region Achterhoek ISO 639-3 act | |
Language family Indo-European
Germanic
West Germanic
Low Saxon
[Dutch Low Saxon]]
Gelders-Overijssels
Achterhooks | ||
Achterhooks (Dutch: Achterhoeks, Dutch Low Saxon: Achterhooks) is a Dutch Low Saxon dialect spoken in Gelderland.
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Geographic distribution
The Achterhooks language is spoken in the Netherlands in western Europe, Northeast, with speakers concentrated in Gelderland Province.
Status
The language was recognized by the government of the Netherlands in 1996 (as being part of Low Saxonian).
The speech variety has had some growth and development, with Bible portions translated in 2002.
References
Achterhooks dialect Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA