Drents

A language of Netherlands

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Drente

Location

Northeast, Drenthe Province, near German border.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

North Drente (Noord-Drents), South Drente (Zuid-Drents).

Language Use

Also use Dutch [nld].

Language Development

Dictionary. Bible portions: 1981.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script, standardized in 1983.

Other Comments

Identified by the government as variant of Low Saxon [nds] (1996).