Editing Gronings dialect (section)

{{Short description|Friso-Saxon dialect group}}
{{Distinguish|text=Groningen Dutch or a Groningen accent which denotes the [[Accent (sociolinguistics)|accent]]/regional variety of [[Dutch language|Standard Dutch]] spoken in the Groningen province}}
{{More citations needed|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Gronings
| nativename       = ''Grunnegs'', ''Grönnegs''
| states           = [[Netherlands]]: [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]], parts in the north and east of [[Drenthe]], the easternmost part of the [[Frisia]]n municipality [[Noardeast-Fryslân]]
| region           = [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]]
| speakers         = {{sigfig|592,000|2}}
| date             = 2003
| ref              = e18
| familycolor      = Indo-European
| fam2             = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]]
| fam3             = [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]]
| fam4             = [[North Sea Germanic]]
| fam5             = [[Low German]]
| fam6             = [[West Low German]]
| fam7             = [[Northern Low Saxon]]
| nation           = the [[Netherlands]]
| iso3             = gos
| glotto           = gron1242
| glottorefname    = Gronings
| map              = Gronings kaart.png
| mapcaption       = Gronings area (blue) in [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]] and [[Drenthe]] provinces
| notice           = IPA
|script=Latin
}}
[[File:WIKITONGUES- Theo speaking Gronings.webm|thumb|A Gronings speaker, recorded in the [[Netherlands]].]]
{{Dutch dialects}}
'''Gronings''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɣroːnɪŋs|-|Nl-Gronings.ogg}}; {{langx|gos|Grunnegs}} or '''Grönnegs'''), is a collective name for some [[Low Saxon|Low Saxon dialects]] spoken in the province of [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]] and around the Groningen border in [[Drenthe]] and [[Friesland]]. Gronings and the strongly related [[variety (linguistics)|varieties]] in [[East Frisia]] have a strong [[Saterland Frisian language|East Frisian]] influence and take a remarkable position within [[West Low German]]. Its typical accent and vocabulary differ strongly from the other Low Saxon dialects.