Editing Gronings dialect (section)

=== Daily life ===
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Today, according to an investigation among the listeners to the regional broadcasting station (''Radio Noord''), approximately 65% of them can speak and write Gronings. Perhaps, if the larger cities and villages of [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]], [[Hoogezand-Sappemeer]], [[Veendam]], [[Stadskanaal]], [[Delfzijl]] and [[Winschoten]] are excluded from this count, the percentage would rise to about 80%. Of course, this is not a representative picture of the linguistic capacity of the inhabitants of Groningen province. Most of the older people use Gronings as their main language. Until the second half of the 20th century, Gronings was more important in Groningen than Dutch. Younger people also speak the language, however in a regiolectical mixed way, because many pure Gronings words are lost. The youngest generation passed to Dutch.
Since the second half of the 20th century, the usage of the language is declining. Because of globalization, other languages like Dutch and English are becoming more important. Parents today choose to raise their children in the Dutch language.