The Hague dialect
| The Hague dialect | |
|---|---|
| Haags | |
| Pronunciation | [ɦaːχs] |
| Native to | Netherlands |
| Region | The Hague, Zoetermeer |
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Germanic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
The Hague dialect (Standard Dutch: Haags, het Haagse dialect; The Hague dialect: Haags, et Haagse dialek) is a dialect of Dutch mostly spoken in The Hague. It differs from Standard Dutch almost exclusively in pronunciation.
It has two subvarieties:
Rijswijk and Voorburg are for the most part Haags-speaking.
Scheveningen has its own dialect (Schevenings), which is different than the traditional The Hague dialect. However, some people also speak The Hague dialect there, or a mixture between the Scheveningen dialect and The Hague dialect (Nieuw-Schevenings).
Loosduinen also has its own dialect (Loosduins), which is very similar to The Hague dialect. It differs from the latter by having a diphthongal pronunciation of /ɛi̯/ and /ʌu̯/.
Some people also speak The Hague dialect in Zoetermeer. That is because an influx of people from The Hague to Zoetermeer took place in the 1960s, multiplying the population of the latter twelve times.
Apart from Tilburg, The Hague is the only Dutch city with an official dialectal spelling, used e.g. in the Haagse Harry comic series written by Marnix Rueb.
Apart from that, The Hague dialect is rather rarely written. The Haagse Harry spelling works as follows:
The sound inventory of The Hague dialect is very similar to that of Standard Dutch.
The following list contains only a few examples.
Et Haags is et stasdialek dat doâh de âhtogtaune "volleksklasse" van De Haag wogt gesprauke. Et behoâht tot de Zùid-Hollandse dialekte.
Het Haags is het stadsdialect dat door de autochtone "volksklasse" van Den Haag wordt gesproken. Het behoort tot de Zuid-Hollandse dialecten.
The Hague dialect is a city dialect that is spoken by the autochthonous working class of The Hague. It belongs to the South Hollandic dialects.
[ət ɦaːχs ɪs‿ət stɑzdi.aɫɛk dɑ‿döːɐ̯ də ɑːtɔχtoʊ̯nə fɔɫəksklɑsə fɑ̃‿də ɦaːχ ʋɔχt χəspʀoʊ̯kə || əd‿bəhöːɐ̯‿tɔ‿də zœːtɦɔɫɑ̃tsə di.aɫɛktə]
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