Stellingwarfs dialect

Stellingwarfs
Stellingwarfs
Stellingwarfs, Stellingwerf, Stellingwerfs
Native to	Netherlands
Region	Northeast, Stellingwerven region, Friesland province. Centers are Oosterwolde and Wolvega.
Native speakers	5,000 (2016)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic North Sea Germanic Low German Low Saxon Westphalian[citation needed] Stellingwarfs; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Official status
Official language in	Netherlands - Recognized by the government in 1996 as being part of Low Saxon [nds].
Language codes
ISO 639-3	stl
Glottolog	stel1238

Stellingwarfs (Dutch: Stellingwerfs) is a Westphalian^{[citation needed]} and Friso-Saxon^{[citation needed]} dialect spoken in Ooststellingwerf and Weststellingwerf in the Dutch province of Friesland, and also in Steenwijkerland and Westerveld in the Dutch province of Overijssel and Drenthe.

Like Het Bildt and Leeuwarden, Weststellingwerf and Ooststellingwerf are among the municipalities of Friesland where West Frisian is not spoken.

The language was identified by the government of the Netherlands in 1996 within Low Saxon.^[1]

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