Veluws
Facts
- Language: Veluws
- Alternate names: Veluwe
- Language code: vel
- Language family: Indo-European, Classical Indo-European, Germanic, Northwest Germanic, West Germanic, North Sea Germanic, Altsächsisch, Middle-Modern Low German, Low German, West Low German, Westphalic
- Number of speakers: ?
- Script: Latin
More information:
Introduction
Veluws is a Dutch Low Saxon dialect which is spoken on the Veluwe.
The verb
The two main dialects -- West Veluws and East Veluws -- differ in the plural forms. While West Veluws uses the same endings as Dutch -en, East Veluws uses -t.
For example: in East Veluws they say ie warkt/wärkt (you are working) and in West Veluws jie warken/waarken (you are working).
Sample verb: loop'n 'to walk'
| Present | ||
| Sg.1 | ik | loop; lope |
| Sg.2 | jie | lopen |
| Sg.3 | hie;hij | loop; loopt |
| Pl.1 | wulie; wie | lopen |
| Pl.2 | zulie; zie; zee | |
| Pl.3 | julie; julien | |