Veluws is a dialect or an umbrella term for dialects which are spoken in Veluwe, in the northwest of

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, in central

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Veluws is usually divided into two main dialects, West-Veluws and Oost-Veluws (East Veluws), these two dialects are reasonably similar but differ in

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. For example: in Oost-Veluws it is said ('you are working') and in West-Veluws ('you are working'). West-Veluws has more influence from Dutch. Typically the closer one gets to the border with Oost-Veluws, the more the dialects differ from Standard Dutch. For example, in the central part where West-Veluws is spoken ('he is standing'); in the northwestern part the corresponding phrase sounds , compared to in Oost-Veluws. The latter has more Low Saxon influence. In Hattem, the northeastern part where Oost-Veluws is spoken, it has more Sallandic influences. Westveluws is classified as Low Franconian (), more specifically as belonging to ', while Oostveluws is Low Saxon (). In another classification, the dialects in the South and West of Veluwe (together with e.g.

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and

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) belong to the Central Dutch varieties and are Low Franconian, while the North and East of Veluwe (together with e.g. Salland) is part of Overijssel and belong to Low Saxon. In another terminology, ''Veluws'' is the dialect of the West, South and Center of Veluwe (Low Franconian) and ''Sallands'' is the dialect in a small part in the North and the East of Veluwe and Salland (Low Saxon).A. A. Weijnen, ''Nederlandse dialectkunde'', 1958, p. 461, ''Kaart 36a - De noordoostelijke dialecten''
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