Locals talk a Nether-Saxon dialect called Gronings. English is of course widely spoken, as well as German. Especially on markets and fairs, many buyers will be German.
Groning is not "poorest" it is a vibrant University City, though surrounded by much agricultural land it is by no means "poor".
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