Veluws dialect

Veluws
Veluws
Veluws
Native to	Netherlands
Native speakers	175,000 (2009)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic North Sea Germanic Low Franconian / Low German, more specifically Dutch Low Saxon Veluws; ; ; ; ;
Official status
Official language in	Netherlands Recognized in 1996 (as being part of Low Saxon).
Language codes
ISO 639-3	vel
Glottolog	velu1238
	Geographical location of Veluws (colour: light green) among the other minority and regional languages and dialects of the Benelux countries

Veluws is a dialect or an umbrella term for dialects which are spoken in Veluwe, in the northwest of Gelderland, in central Netherlands.

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