Drents, together with Gronings, Twents and Achterhoeks, falls under Low Saxon. They also speak variants of this in a large part of northern Germany up to Poland. And also in the south of Denmark they understand us when we talk flatly.
The various forms have not become standard languages, such as Dutch, Frisian and High German, but Low Saxon is still used as an important written language, for example in the world of the Hanseatic League; the partnership of traders and cities until the 16th century. From the second half of the 17th century, more writing was done in Low Saxon, especially poetry and prose. However, it is never recognized as a full-fledged language and may therefore not be used in court, for example.
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