The number of inhabitants whose sole language is Achterhooks has greatly declined over the last 60 years, inhabitants are raised with Dutch at school and the dialect is only spoken (sometimes) at home.
Broj stanovnika čiji je jedini jezik Achterhooks uvelike je smanjen tijekom proteklih 60 godina, stanovnici se podučavaju u školama na standardnom nizozemskom, a dijalekt se govori (ponekad) kod kuće.