Drèents dialects

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.

Drents
Dreins
Drèents
Native toNetherlands
RegionDrenthe and a strip of Overijssel just south of Drenthe
Native speakers
255,000 (2009)
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 byProvincial States of Drenthe (spelling)
Language codes
ISO 639-3drt
Glottologdren1238
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)
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