Bildts

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Traditional distribution of languages ​​in the Northern Netherlands

The Bildts is a Dutch dialect. Sometimes it is counted among the Dutch dialects , but often also divided into a separate dialect group with the Stadt Frisian , Ameland and Midsland dialect. It is spoken in the polder landscape of Het Bildt in the Dutch province of Friesland .

history

The Bildts was created when in 1505 the area around today's Het Bildt was polded by gentlemen from today's province of South Holland . So new settlers came from this area around Werkendam . So the language of the new settlers mixed with the Frisian language of the surrounding population and became Bildts. The dialect is sometimes even interpreted as a separate Creole language , mainly due to its strongly Frisian grammar.

The Bildts is spoken in the places Sint Annaparochie (Bildts: Sint-Anne ), Sint Jacobiparochie ( Sint-Jabik ), Vrouwenparochie ( Froubuurt ), Oudebildtzijl ( Ouwe-Syl ), Westhoek ( De Westhoek ) and Nij Altoenae. Only in the town of Minnertsga, which is not in the polder area and has only belonged to the municipality of Het Bildt since 1984, do the inhabitants speak traditionally Frisian.

In 2006 the number of speakers was estimated at 6,000.