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5 unusual facts about Gronings dialect


Gronings dialect

East Frisian Low Saxon: Dat eenzige, dat wi neet doon is Slickeree utdelen.

Because of this far distance from Standard Dutch and the official status of the neighbouring Frisian, Grunnegs is considered as a separate language by some of its native speakers, while linguists consider it part of Dutch Low Saxon.

Other linguists categorize all Gronings-East Frisian dialects as North Low Saxon.

Northern Low Saxon of Germany: Dat eenzige, dat wi nich doot, (dat) is Snabbelkraam uutdeeln.

Some linguists classify Gronings to North Low Saxon, to which also East Frisian belongs.



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