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[[File:Undernederlandsk.png|thumb|right|300px|The area where Undernederlandsk is spoken. Blue colours denote the different German-Dutch dialects, red denotes the East-German dialect and yellow denotes the Danish dialect.]] | [[File:Undernederlandsk.png|thumb|right|300px|The area where Undernederlandsk is spoken. Blue colours denote the different German-Dutch dialects, red denotes the East-German dialect and yellow denotes the Danish dialect.]] | ||
Undernederlandsk is currently spoken by an estimated 35,000 speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. Of these, 27,450 speakers live in the Netherlands, 5,250 in Germany, and 2300 in Denmark. Major Undernederlandsk linguistic areas include the northern suburbs of Enschede (''Ænske'' in Undernederlandsk) and its close-by village of Lonneker (''Lönneker''), the Amsterdam and The Hague city centres (''Amsterdam'' and ''Hågen''), the village of Bunnik in Utrecht (''Bønnek''), the villages of Tynaarlo and Haren (''Tynærle'' and ''Hårne'') and the southern neighbourhoods of Leeuwarden (''Ljovert'') in the Netherlands (''Nederland''), the cities of Münster and Nordhorn (''Mynster'' and ''Nordhörnet''), the towns of Gronau, Ahaus, Leer and Emden (''Grånav'', ''Åhus'', ''Lér'' and ''Emden''), the villages of Lohne, Getelo, Itterbeck, Sustrum, Walchum, Dersum and Wirdum (''Låne'', ''Getelå'', ''Itterbekk'', ''Systrym'', ''Välkym'', ''Dersym'' and '' | Undernederlandsk is currently spoken by an estimated 35,000 speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. Of these, 27,450 speakers live in the Netherlands, 5,250 in Germany, and 2300 in Denmark. Major Undernederlandsk linguistic areas include the northern suburbs of Enschede (''Ænske'' in Undernederlandsk) and its close-by village of Lonneker (''Lönneker''), the Amsterdam and The Hague city centres (''Amsterdam'' and ''Hågen''), the village of Bunnik in Utrecht (''Bønnek''), the villages of Tynaarlo and Haren (''Tynærle'' and ''Hårne'') and the southern neighbourhoods of Leeuwarden (''Ljovert'') in the Netherlands (''Nederland''), the cities of Münster and Nordhorn (''Mynster'' and ''Nordhörnet''), the towns of Gronau, Ahaus, Leer and Emden (''Grånav'', ''Åhus'', ''Lér'' and ''Emden''), the villages of Lohne, Getelo, Itterbeck, Sustrum, Walchum, Dersum and Wirdum (''Låne'', ''Getelå'', ''Itterbekk'', ''Systrym'', ''Välkym'', ''Dersym'' and ''Virðym''), the island of Juist (''Jyst'') and the Berlin neighbourhoods of Steinstücken and Schöneberg (''Stenstykker'' and ''Sköneberga'') in Berlin (''Berlin'') in Germany (''Þyskland''), and the villages of Åstrup, Fjællebroen, Bogense, Fælleden, Harritslev, Kræmmerkrog and Kærby (''Åstryp'', ''Fjællebron'', ''Bogense'', ''Fælleden'', ''Harritsliv'', ''Kræmmerkrog'' and ''Kærby'') on Fyn (''Fyn''), the villages of Kragnæs and Ommel (''Krägnæs'' and ''Òmmel'') on Ærø (''Æreija'') and the villages of Tullebølle, Klavsebølle and Stengade (''Tyllbölle'', ''Klævsebölle'' and ''Stengata''n) on Langeland (''Långaland'') in Denmark (''Dænemark''). It is further spoken by several people in the communities in between these villages, but without any considerable accumulations of speakers. These areas are known as ''[[Þynnsprøddedespröggererlanderne]]'' (the lands of thinly spread speakers). | ||
In 2012, linguists working in the field of researching Undernederlandsk classified seven [[dialects of Undernederlandsk|dialects]], five of which were spoken in the main area of Undernederlandsk usage in the Netherlands and Western Germany. | In 2012, linguists working in the field of researching Undernederlandsk classified seven [[dialects of Undernederlandsk|dialects]], five of which were spoken in the main area of Undernederlandsk usage in the Netherlands and Western Germany. | ||