GOS ISO 639-3
Gronings
Grunnegs Autonym
A language of Netherlands
- ISO 639
- gos
- Alternate Names
- Groningen, Grunnings, Grönnegs
- Autonym
- Grunnegs
- Population
- 262,000 (Herweijer and Jans 2009).
- Location:
- Drenthe and Groningen provinces: Bellingwedde, Delfzijl, and Oldambt municipalties.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon
- Dialects
- West Groningen (West Gronings), Groningen-East Frisian (Gronings-Oostfries), Veenkoloniaals (Veen Colony), Westerwolds (Westerwold).
- Language Use
- L1 of many rural people. Also use Dutch [nld].
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1987.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Gronings
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Identified by the government as variant of Low Saxon [nds] (1996).
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Drenthe and Groningen provinces: Bellingwedde, Delfzijl, and Oldambt municipalties.
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