Re: Dutch-like language [OT]

On a sunny day (Tue, 3 Dec 2024 12:59:22 +0000) it happened
liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) wrote in
<1r3zqks.1pae81f187shiuN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid>:

Last night in the 80-metre band I heard two 'hams' talking.  The vowel
sounds of their voices seemed to be characteristically Dutch (an accent
like the Groningen area) but the language was completely
incomprehensible.  I listened for several minutes but didn't hear a
single word I recognised
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Do any of our Dutch contributors know of some dialect that is Dutch in
sound but does not use the standard Dutch language?
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[I tried to send this to Jan by e-mail but the address I found for him
on the Web just bounced.]

There is the Frisian (Fries) language, spoken west of Groningen
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Frisian_language
And Gronings
And Drents:
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr%C3%A8ents_dialectss
Have not listened to 80 meter for a long time, much local noise here.