Gronings
PrintA language of Netherlands
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Groningen, Grunnings
Population
592,000 (2003).
Location
Groningen Province.
Language Maps
Language Status
5 (Developing).
Dialects
Groningen-East Frisian (Gronings-Oostfries), Veenkoloniaals (Veen Colony), West Groningen (West Gronings), Westerwolds (Westerwold).
Language Use
L1 of many rural people. Also use Dutch [nld].
Language Development
Dictionary. Bible: 1987.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script.
Identified by the government as variant of Low Saxon [nds] (1996).