Editing Ommen (section)

===Language===
[[File:Low Saxon Dialects.svg|thumb|Region where [[Dutch Low Saxon|Low Saxon]] is spoken]]

Most inhabitants of Ommen speak [[Dutch language|Dutch]], but many will also speak [[Dutch Low Saxon|Low Saxon]] or ''Plat'' — an ancient language related to [[Low German]] and [[Old English language|Old English]] which is indigenous to the north-east of the [[Netherlands]]. The dialect of Plat spoken in Ommen is [[Sallands]]. Although both the national government and the [[European Union]] recognise Plat as a [[regional language]], it is considered by many to be a mere [[dialect]] of Dutch, and its popularity is waning rapidly, even compared to [[Twents]].

The poet [[Johanna van Buren]] died in Ommen in 1962. Her Plat poetry in the [[Sallands|Salland]] and [[Twents]] dialect is still popular throughout [[Overijssel]]. The Johanna van Buren Cultural Prize is awarded once every three years to a person who contributed to the regional culture of the Eastern Netherlands.<ref name="Johanna van Buren">Streektaalzang, [http://www.streektaalzang.nl/strk/geen/overjbun.htm ''Johanna van Buren''] (in Dutch)</ref>