West Low German

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West Low German
Spoken in: Germany, Netherlands
Total speakers: —
Language family: Indo-European
 Germanic
  West Germanic
   Low German
    West Low German
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: gem
ISO 639-3: nds
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West Low German (also known as Low Saxon) is a group of Low German dialects spoken in western portions of the German state of Low Saxony, and in the northeast of the Netherlands. Together with East Low German it forms Low German.

[edit] List of dialects

[edit] In Germany

[edit] In the Netherlands

The Dutch Low Saxon varieties, which are also defined as Dutch dialects, consist of:

  • Westerkwartiers
    • Kollumerpompsters
    • Kollumerlands
    • Middaglands
    • Midden-Westerkwartiers
    • Zuid-Westerkwartiers
  • Gronings and Noord-Drents
    • Hoogelandsters
    • Stadsgronings
    • Westerwolds
    • Veenkoloniaals
    • Oldambtsters
  • Stellingwerfs
  • Midden-Drents
  • Zuid-Drents
  • Twents
  • Twents-Graafschaps
  • Gelders-Overijssels
  • Veluws


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