Stellingwarfs dialect

Stellingwarfs
Stellingwarfs, Stellingwerf
Native to	Netherlands
Region	Northeast, Stellingwerven region, Friesland Province. Centers are Oosterwolde and Wolvega.
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Low Saxon West Low Saxon (Dutch Low Saxon) Stellingwarfs
Official status
Official language in	Netherlands - Recognized by the government in 1996 (being part of Low Saxonian).
Language codes
ISO 639-3	stl
Glottolog	stel1238

Stellingwarfs (Dutch: Stellingwerfs) is the form of Dutch Low Saxon spoken in Ooststellingwerf and Weststellingwerf in the Dutch province of Friesland, and also in Steenwijkerland in the Dutch province of Overijssel.

Geographic distribution

Some include Veenkoloniaals within Stellingwarfs; Veenkoloniaals is spoken in the village of Noordwolde, Friesland.

Official status

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

Classification

Stellingwarfs is easily intelligible for many Dutch people. There is modern literature in Stellingwarfs.

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

External links (in Stellingwarfs)

• Stichting Stellingwerfs Eigen
• Stichting Stellingwarver Schrieversronte