• Modern Dutch since Dutch is a rather conservative language.[citation needed] Several phonological changes occurred leading up to the Middle Dutch period...
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    Dutch (endonym: Nederlands [ˈneːdərlɑnts] ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second...
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    Franconian dialect cluster of the Dutch language. It is sometimes referred to as Flemish Dutch (Vlaams-Nederlands), Belgian Dutch (Belgisch-Nederlands [ˈbɛlɣis...
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  • Dutch is a West Germanic language, that originated from the Old Frankish dialects. Among the words with which Dutch has enriched the English vocabulary...
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  • Middle Dutch literature (1150–1500) is the Dutch literature produced in the Low Countries from the 12th century to the 16th century. It is preceded by...
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  • Dutch language literature (Dutch: Nederlandstalige literatuur) comprises all writings of literary merit written through the ages in the Dutch language...
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  • Joseph M. Williams in Origins of the English Language it is estimated that about 1% of English words are of Dutch origin. In many cases the loanword has assumed...
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  • German which were affected by the Second Sound Shift; the Middle Low German and Middle Dutch languages spoken to the North and North West, which did not participate...
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    from Middle Dutch and Old Dutch loanwords in French. Old Dutch is regarded as the primary stage in the development of a separate Dutch language. It was...
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    West Germanic language, spoken in South Africa, Namibia and (to a lesser extent) Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It evolved from the Dutch vernacular of...
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    word Dutch does not refer to the Dutch language or people (as in the Netherlands; in the Dutch language of the Netherlands, Pennsylvania Dutch is known...
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    Dutch Language Union (Dutch: Nederlandse Taalunie, NTU) is an international regulatory institution that governs issues regarding the Dutch language....
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    not much is known about the development of Old Dutch. Old Dutch made the transition to Middle Dutch around 1150. The Christianity that arrived in the...
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    The predominant language of the Netherlands is Dutch, spoken and written by almost all people in the Netherlands. Dutch is also spoken and official in...
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    Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman Conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The...
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    replaced by Low Saxon since the Middle Ages. This local language is now, like Frisian, under threat by standard Dutch and German. Frisia highlighted on...
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    Frysk [frisk] or Westerlauwersk Frysk; Dutch: Fries [fris], also Westerlauwers Fries), is a West Germanic language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland...
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  • West Low Franconian† / Old DutchMiddle Dutch† Modern Dutch West Flemish East Flemish Zeelandic Central Dutch Hollandic Kleverlandish Brabantine Brusselian...
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    Middle Low German (Low German: Middelsassisk, Middelsassisch, Middelnedderdüüsch or Middelneaderdüütsk, German: Mittelniederdeutsch, Dutch: Middelnederduits)...
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    The Dutch (Dutch: Nederlanders) are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common ancestry and culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch...
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    This holds for English, where Dutch is the adjective form for the country "the Netherlands". Moreover, many languages have the same word for both the...
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    Dutch colonial empire (Dutch: Nederlandse koloniale rijk) comprised the overseas territories and trading posts controlled and administered by Dutch chartered...
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    in politics. The language of the Alldutch Movement had to be something between the Middle Dutch language and the Low German languages, so the movement...
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    native speakers; and Dutch, with 24 million native speakers. Other West Germanic languages include Afrikaans, an offshoot of Dutch originating from the...
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    the language spoken was recognizably an early form of Dutch, but that might also have been the case earlier. Old Dutch made the transition to Middle Dutch...
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    Dutch Americans (Dutch: Nederlandse Amerikanen) are Americans of Dutch and Flemish descent whose ancestors came from the Low Countries in the distant past...
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    spoken in Suriname and is the official language in Suriname, a former Dutch colony. Dutch is spoken as a native language by about 80% of the population, most...
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    12 (1963): pp. 341–88. About the role of Dutch in Japan Groot, Henk de (2016-10-03). "Dutch as the language of science and technology in Japan: the Bangosen...
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    Saturday (category Articles containing Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350)-language text)
    Germanic languages and is recorded in the Low German languages such as Middle Low German satersdach, saterdach, Middle Dutch saterdag (Modern Dutch zaterdag)...
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  • Dutch dialects are primarily the dialects that are both cognate with the Dutch language and spoken in the same language area as the Dutch standard language...
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