- West-Veluws
West-Veluws is a West Low Saxon dialect from the Dutch province of
Gelderland . This dialect is spoken in different villages on the west side of the Veluwe and some villages on border ofGelderland and Utrecht (Bunschoten ,Scherpenzeel et cetera). Sometimes even the dialect ofHuizen inNorth Holland is seen as West-Veluws (but mostly asHollandic ).There is a 'dictionary' (more like a theme book with the local Veluws translations of Dutch words).
*Part one: "Woordenboek van de Gelderse Dialecten, Veluwe - Het huis"
*Part two: "Woordenboek van de Gelderse Dialecten, Veluwe - De mens"
*Part three: "Woordenboek van de Gelderse Dialecten, Veluwe - De wereld"The whole project is expected to be put on internet as well by
2010 .West-Veluws is a variety which lies between
Low Franconian and Low Saxon. West-Veluws does however belong to Low Saxon because of its grammar, typical Low Saxon vocabulary and history.ee also
*The Dutch and articles for some typical West-Veluws word.
External links
* [http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/books/winkler/putten.html The Parable of the Prodigal Son in the dialect of Putten]
* [http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/books/winkler/uddel.html The Parable of the Prodigal Son in the dialect of Uddel]
* [http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/books/winkler/nijkerk.html The Parable of the Prodigal Son in the dialect of Nijkerk]
* [http://home.planet.nl/~mwigtman/Noebegriep.htm The dialect of Scherpenzeel]
* [http://www.geocities.com/veluws Website in West-Veluws]
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