Sallaans dialect

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Sallaans
Native to Netherlands
Native speakers
350,000 (2009) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 sdz
Glottolog sall1238

Sallaans (Dutch : Sallands; Low Saxon: Sallaands) is a collective term for the Westphalian [ citation needed ] dialects of the region Salland, in the province of Overijssel, as well as in minor parts of Gelderland and Drenthe in the Eastern Netherlands, and a small part in the North and the East of Veluwe. [2] In the Kop van Overijssel, the Stellingwarfs dialect is spoken.

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A common term used by native speakers for their dialect, which is also used by Low Saxon speakers from other regions for their respective dialects, is plat or simply dialect. Yet another common usage is to refer to the language by the name of the local variety, where for instance Dal(f)sens would be the name for the Sallaans variety spoken in the village of Dalfsen. Sallands is more influenced by the Hollandic dialects than Twents or Achterhoeks. This influence is known as the Hollandse expansie. For example, the word 'house' (Standard Dutch huis[ɦœys]) is hoes[ɦuːs] in Twents but huus[ɦyːs] in Sallaans. The Hollandic dialects of the 17th century still had not diphthongized [ ] to [œy], and due to their prestigious status they triggered the shift from [ ] to [ ]. [3] [4] [5]

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants in the dialect of Raalte [6]
Labial Alveolar Dorsal Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Stop voiceless p t k
voiced b d ( ɡ )
Fricative voiceless f s χ h
voiced v z ɣ
Trill r
Approximant ʋ l j

Vowels

Raalte monophthongs [9]
Front Central Back
unrounded rounded
shortlongshortlongshortlong
Close i y u
Close-mid ɪ ʏ øː ə ʊ
Open-mid ɛ ɛː œ œː ɔ ɔː
Open æ æː ɑ ɑː
Raalte diphthongs [12]
Front Back
Close ij,iuyi,yuuw
Open ɛiɪuœyɔiʊiɑu

Some examples

Present tense

SallaansDutchEnglish
Ik loop(e)Ik loopI walk
Ie loopt / lopenJij looptYou walk
Hee/hi'j / Zie/zi'j lup(t)Hij / Zij looptHe / she walks
Wie loopt / lopenWij lopenWe walk
Jullie / Juulu / ieluu loopt / lopenJullie lopenYou walk (plural)
Zie loopt / lopenZij lopenThey walk

Past tense

SallaansDutchEnglish
Ik liepeIk liepI walked
Ie liep'nJij liepYou walked
Hee / Zee liepHij / Zij liepHe / She walked
Wuu-lu liep'nWij liepenWe walked
Jullie / Juu-lu liep'nJullie liepenYou walked (plural)
Zie liep'nZij liepenThey walked

Plurals and diminutives

SallaansDutchEnglish
een kommeeen komOne bowl
twee komm'ntwee kommenTwo bowls
SallaansDutchEnglish
een kömmegieeen kommetjeone little bowl
twee kömmegiestwee kommetjestwo little bowls

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References

  1. Sallaans at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. A. A. Weijnen, Nederlandse dialectkunde, 1958, p. 461, Kaart 36a - De noordoostelijke dialecten (online)
  3. Henk Bloemhoff, Jurjen van der Kooi, Hermann Niebaum en Siemon Reker (red.), Handboek Nedersaksische Taal- en Letterkunde, Assen: Van Gorcum
  4. H. Scholtmeijer (2006), Mörn! Taalgids Overijssel, Assen: In Boekvorm Uitgevers bv. (p.64-65)
  5. G.G. Kloeke (1927) De Hollandsche expansie in de zestiende en zeventiende eeuw en haar weerspiegeling in de hedendaagsche Nederlandsche dialecten: Proeve eener historisch-dialectgeographische synthese
  6. Spa (2011), pp. 40, 47.
  7. Spa (2011), p. 47.
  8. Spa (2011), pp. 42–43.
  9. Spa (2011), pp. 11–35.
  10. Spa (2011), pp. 19, 21, 23, 42.
  11. Spa (2011).
  12. Spa (2011), pp. 35–39.
  13. Spa (2011), p. 44.

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