Twents

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Twents is a Dutch Low Saxon dialect spoken in the Twente region of the eastern Netherlands.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Twents canonical 7
Twentenaar 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch Low Saxon dialect
West Germanic language variety
closelyRelatedTo Achterhoeks
linked to: Achterhooks

Drents
Gronings
Sallands
country Netherlands
hasAncestor Middle Low German
Old Saxon
hasDialect Enschedees
Hengelose dialect
Oldenzaals
linked to: Oldenzaal
hasISOStatus covered by ISO 639-3 code nds (Low German)}
hasMorphologicalFeature Low Saxon plural endings
hasPhonologicalFeature diphthongization patterns distinct from Standard Dutch
vowel length distinctions
hasSyntacticFeature verb-second word order
influencedBy Dutch language
linked to: Dutch

Standard Dutch
linked to: Dutch
languageFamily Germanic languages
Indo-European languages
West Germanic languages
partOf Dutch Low Saxon
recognizedAs regional language in the Netherlands
region Twente
spokenIn eastern Netherlands
subclassOf Low Saxon
Westphalian Low Saxon
usedFor everyday communication
regional identity expression
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Twente hasRegionalIdentity Twentenaar
linked to: Twents
Sallands isMoreSimilarTo Twents
Tweants hasAlternativeName Twents