From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 41467
Date: 2005-10-17
>>The focus is Holland. But Nijmegen apparently also has lost
>> The dialect maps show a similar distribution, except that
>> the bilabial pronunciation, which is absolutely general in
>> Dutch-speaking Belgium, also predominates in the southern
>> parts of the Netherlands (the whole of Zeeland and Limburg,
>> parts of Noord Brabant, Gelderland and Utrecht).
>>
>> The labiodental pronunciation predominates in Holland,
>> stretching into the urban areas of Utrecht and
>> Noord-Brabant, and in the whole Saxon area (Groningen,
>> Drente, Overijssel). Also the Frisian area.
>>
>
>Does the pronuciation /f/ for /v/ and /s/ for /z/ correspond to the
>previously Friesian-speaking area (incl. Noord-Holland etc)?