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|Grunnegs or Grönnegs| |Native to||Netherlands: Groningen, parts
in the north and east of Drenthe, the east of the Frisian
municipality Kollumerland| |Native speakers||320,000 (est.)
(date missing)| |Official language in||the Netherlands (as part
of Low Saxon)| |This article is a part of a series on| |"Dutch
Low Saxon"| |West Low Franconian| |East Low Franconian| Gronings
(Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣroːnɪŋs]), in the dialect itself called
Grunnegs or Grönnegs, is a collective name for some Friso-Saxon
dialects spoken in the province of Groningen and around the
Groningen border in Drenthe and Friesland. Gronings and the
strongly related varieties in East-Frisia have a strong Frisian
influence and take a remarkable position within the Low Saxon
language. The dialect is characterized by a typical accent and
vocabulary, which differ strongly from the other Low Saxon
dialects. The name Gronings can be perfectly geographically
defined. The dialect in the n