Drents | Ethnologue

A language of Netherlands

ISO 639: drt
Alternate Names: Dreins, Dreints, Drente, Drenthe
Autonym: Drèents
Population: 255,000 (Herweijer and Jans 2009).
Location:: Drenthe province: near German border; Overijssel province: Steenwijkerland municipality.
Language Status: 5* (Developing).
Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon
Dialects: North Drente (Noord-Drents), South Drente (Zuid-Drents).
Language Use: Also use Dutch [nld].
Language Development: Dictionary. Bible portions: 1981.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Drents
Writing: Latin script [Latn], standardized in 1983.
Other Comments: Identified by the government as variant of Low Saxon [nds] (1996).

Location: Drenthe province: near German border; Overijssel province: Steenwijkerland municipality.