Sallands
Encyclopedia
Sallaans is a collective term for the Dutch Low Saxon
dialect
s of the region Salland
, in the west of the province of Overijssel
, which is in the eastern Netherlands
. 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
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Dutch Low Saxon
Dutch Low Saxon is a group of Low Saxon, i.e. West Low German dialects spoken in the northeastern Netherlands. In comparison, the remainder of the Netherlands speak a collection of Low Franconian dialects.The class "Dutch Low Saxon" is not unanimous...
dialect
Dialect
The term dialect is used in two distinct ways, even by linguists. One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by other factors,...
s of the region Salland
Salland
Salland is a historical dominion in the west and north of the present Dutch province of Overijssel. It is probably named after the Salian Franks, who are thought to originate from Salland...
, in the west of the province of Overijssel
Overijssel
Overijssel is a province of the Netherlands in the central eastern part of the country. The region has a NUTS classification of NL21. The province's name means "Lands across river IJssel". The capital city of Overijssel is Zwolle and the largest city is Enschede...
, which is in the eastern Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. 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
Dalfsen
Dalfsen is a municipality and a town in the Salland region of the Dutch province of Overijssel.The present municipality of Dalfsen was created on 1 January 2001 through the merger of the municipalities of Nieuwleusen and Dalfsen....
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Present tense
| Sallaans | Dutch | English | Ik loope | Ik loop | I walk | Ie loopt | Jij loopt | You walk | Hee / Zie lup(t) | Hij / Zij loopt | He / she walks | Wie loopt / loop'n | Wij lopen | We walk | Jullie / Juulu loopt / loop'n | Jullie lopen | You walk (plural) | Zie loopt / loop'n | Zij lopen | They walk |
Past tense
| Sallaans | Dutch | English | Ik liepe | Ik liep | I walked | Ie liep'n | Jij liep | You walked | Hee / Zee liep | Hij / Zij liep | He / She walked | Wuu-lu liep'n | Wij liepen | We walked | Jullie / Juu-lu liep'n | Jullie liepen | You walked (plural) | Zie liep'n | Zij liepen | They walked |
Plurals and diminutives
| Sallaans | Dutch | English | eene komme | een kom | One bowl | twee komm'n | twee kommen | Two bowls |
| Sallaans | Dutch | English | een kömmegie | een kommetje | one little bowl | twee kömmegies | twee kommetjes | two little bowls |