Gronings

Gronings is the set of Dutch dialects spoken in the Dutch province of Groningen: one in Groningen city, four in the outlands (or Ommelanden), and Westerwolds. They are the result of an intermingling of 4 languages: Saxon (the result of 9th-century Saxon domination), Frisian (the result of Groningen having been governed by Friesland in the 12th century), Dutch, and (to a lesser extent) English .

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Currently, the Groningen dialects are being gradually replaced by mainstream Dutch.

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Gronings aka Grunnengs is considered a variety of Westplatt dialect of Low Saxon by some observers.

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Dutch: Dutch usually refers to:...

Dialect: A dialect (from the Greek word ?????????, dialektos) is a variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area. The number of speakers, and the area itself, can be of size. It follows that a dialect for a larger area can contain plenty of (sub-) dialects, which in turn can contain...

Groningen: Groningen is the name of several places:...