Netherlands

Extensive List of Languages of Netherlands: Spoken and Extinct Languages

:: List of Languages ::

Achterhoeks
[act] Northeast, Gelderland Province. Alternate names: Aachterhoeks, Achterhoek. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon

Drents
[drt] Northeast, Drenthe Province, near Germany border. Alternate names: Drente. Dialects: North Drente (Noord-Drents), South Drente (Zuid-Drents). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon

Dutch
[nld] 16,400,000 in Netherlands (2007 CBS). Population total all countries: 21,730,290. Also in Aruba, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia (Java and Bali), Netherlands Antilles, South Africa, Suriname, United States. Alternate names: Hollands, Nederlands. Dialects: Northern North Hollandish (Westfries). The variety of Dutch (not Vlaams [vls]) spoken in Belgium is only slightly different from the variety spoken in the Netherlands. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Franconian

Dutch Sign Language
[dse] 20,000 (1986). 1,500,000 hearing impaired, 15,000 deaf. Alternate names: Sign Language of the Netherlands, SLN. Classification: Deaf sign language

Frisian, Western
[fry] 467,000 (2001 census). North, Friesland. Alternate names: Fries, Frysk. Dialects: Westerlauwers Fries, Súdhoeksk, Wâldfrysk, Klaaifrysk. Linguistically between Dutch [nld] and English. Lexical similarity: 71% with Standard German, 61% with English, 74% with Eastern Frisian [frs]. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Frisian

Gronings
[gos] 592,000 (2003). Groningen Province. Alternate names: Groningen, Grunnings. Dialects: West Groningen (West Gronings), Groningen-East Frisian (Gronings-Oostfries), Veenkoloniaals (Veen Colony), Westerwolds (Westerwold). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon

Limburgish
[lim] 700,000 in Netherlands (2001). Population total all countries: 1,300,000. Limburg Province, Maastricht, Heerlen, Roermond, Venlo. Also in Belgium, Germany. Alternate names: Limburgan, Limburgian, Limburgic, Limberger, Limburgs Plat. Dialects: A Rhenisch-Mass group of dialects, often combined with Cleves dialects (Kleverländisch) as ‘Rheinmaasländisch’. Limburgish straddles the borderline between ‘Low Franconian’ and ‘Middle Franconian’ varieties. More-or-less mutually intelligible with Ripuarian dialects, but show fewer ‘High German shifts’ (R. Hahn 2001). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, West Middle German, Rhenisch Franconian

Romani, Sinte
[rmo] 1,220 in Netherlands (2000). Dialects: Manouche. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern

Romani, Vlax
[rmy] 1,000 in Netherlands. 500 Kalderash, 500 Lovari. Dialects: Kalderash, Lovari. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Vlax

Sallands
[sdz] Northeast, Overijssels Province center, Sallands. Alternate names: Sallan, Salland. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon

Stellingwerfs
[stl] Northeast, Stellingwerven region, Friesland Province. Centers are Oosterwolde and Wolvega. Alternate names: Stellingwarfs, Stellingwerf. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon

Twents
[twd] Northeast, Overijssels Province; east. Alternate names: Twente. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon

Veluws
[vel] Northeast, Gelderland Province. Alternate names: Veluwe. Dialects: East Veluws, North Veluws. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon

Vlaams
[vls] 122,000 in Netherlands (1998 U. of Ghent). Province of Zeeland, southernmost island. Alternate names: Flamand, Flemish, Vlaemsch. Dialects: West Vlaams, Frans Vlaams (Vlaemsch). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Franconian

Zeeuws
[zea] 220,000. Zeeland Province, South Holland Province. Islands in Rhine-Scheldt Delta have their own dialects. Alternate names: Zeaws. Dialects: Goerees, Flakkees, Schouws, Duvelands, Fluplands, Bevelands, Walchers, Axels, Kezands. Classification: InIndo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Franconian

:: Reference ::
Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/