Drèents dialects

Drents
Drents
Dreins
Drèents
Native to	Netherlands
Region	Drenthe and a strip of Overijssel just south of Drenthe
Native speakers	255,000 (2009)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic North Sea Germanic Low German West Low German Westphalian Drents; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Official status
Official language in	Netherlands (as part of Low Saxon)
Regulated by	Provincial States of Drenthe (spelling)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	drt
Glottolog	dren1238
	Map showing the provinces of Drenthe (most of the area in green tones) and Overijssel (mostly grey; with small regions in dark green south of Drenthe)

Drèents (also Dreins, Dreints, Drents, Drints; Dutch: Drents) is a collective term for Westphalian dialects spoken in Drenthe, a province of the Netherlands. They are spoken by about half of the population of the province.

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