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433: 92: 302: 462:) are used interchangeably to describe the ancestor of Modern Dutch. Although almost from the beginning, several Middle Dutch variations emerged, the similarities between the different regional languages were likely much stronger than their differences, especially for written languages and various literary works of that time. 635:, as compared to other main Dutch dialects, had a big influence on the development of Standard Dutch. This was because Brabant was the dominant region in the Netherlands when standardization of the Dutch language started in the 16th century. The first major formation of standard Dutch also took place in 242:
The Frankish language, also Old Frankish was the language of the Franks. Classified as a West Germanic language, it was spoken in areas covering modern France, Germany, and the Low Countries in Merovingian times, preceding the 6th/7th century. The Franks first established themselves in the
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remained between Franconian and Saxon areas, as well as between Low Franconian and Middle or High Franconian. Old Dutch is considered a separate language mainly because it gave rise to the much later Dutch standard language, for contingent political and economic reasons.
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is the language ancestral to the Low Franconian languages, including Dutch itself. It was spoken between the 6th and 11th centuries, continuing the earlier Old Frankish language. It did not participate in the High German Consonant Shift. In this period a perfect
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Ducal Court in Dijon (Brussels after 1477). The dialects of Flanders and Brabant were the most influential around this time. The process of standardization became much stronger in the 16th century, mainly based on the urban
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At the same time a process of standardisation took place in the areas in which High German was spoken. Ultimately, all regions east of the political border of the Netherlands would adopt a single German
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document written around 510. From this document originated the oldest sentence that has been identified as Dutch: "Maltho thi afrio lito" as sentence used to free a serf. Other old segments of Dutch are
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Several readings have been presented in literature. Quak (2000) for example, reads "Ha(þu)þwas ann k(u)sjam log(u)ns", interpreting it as " of Haþuþewaz. I bestow upon the choosers of the swords".
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speaking, Dutch has evolved little since the late 16th century; differences in speech are considered to be negligible, especially when comparing the older form with modern regional accents.
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Germanic. Their exact relation is difficult to determine from the sparse evidence of runic inscriptions, and they remained mutually intelligible to some degree throughout the
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which originated Proto-Germanic. These two laws define the basic differentiating features of Germanic languages that separate them from other Indo-European languages.
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There are no known documents in Proto-Germanic, which was unwritten, and virtually all our knowledge of this early language has been obtained by application of the
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Netherlands and Flanders before they started to fight their way down south and east. The language had a significant impact on Old French. It evolved into
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language has evolved little since the 16th century. In 1637 a further important step was made towards a unified language, when the first major Dutch
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could understand. It used elements from various dialects, but the spoken form was mostly based on the urban dialects from the province of
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is a collective name for closely related dialects which were spoken and written between about 1150 and 1550 in the present-day
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in the north and it was replaced by French in the south, Old Frankish is reconstructed from loanwords in Old French, and from
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De Aerde nu was woest ende ledich, ende duysternisse was op den afgront: ende de Geest Godts sweefde op de Wateren.
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De aarde nu was woest en leeg, en duisternis was op de afgrond, en de Geest van God zweefde over de wateren.
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The last two of the Middle Dutch dialects mentioned above could also be considered part of, respectively,
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From the time of their earliest attestation, the Germanic dialects were divided into three groups,
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where V is a non-standard rune, apparently a vowel (variously read as e or u, or as "any vowel").
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culture(s) associated with Proto-Germanic, ca 500 BC–50 BC. The area south of Scandinavia is the
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This long-standing, well-known article on the languages can be found in almost any edition of
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to the Spanish army: many fled to Holland, influencing the urban dialects of that province.
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brandy, coleslaw, cookie, cruiser, dock, easel, freight, landscape, spook, stoop, and yacht
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Arguably the most famous text containing what is traditionally taken to be Old Dutch is: "
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spoken in Scandinavia after it had split as a local dialect from common Proto-Germanic.
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Chronologisch woordenboek. De ouderdom en herkomst van onze woorden en betekenissen
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has been somewhat simplified, but a great deal of the grammar lost in contemporary
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Among the words with which Dutch has enriched the English vocabulary are:
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community through trade and empire. Dutch is also among some of the
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Within Middle Dutch five large groups can be distinguished:
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The singular direct attestation from Old Frankish is the
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nestas hagunnan, hinase hic enda tu, wat unbidan we nu
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Ende Godt seyde: Daer zy Licht: ende daer wert Licht.
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Inden beginne schiep Godt den Hemel, ende de Aerde.
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A linguistic saying therefore is that 614:, especially under the influence of the 408: 300: 90: 87:Relation to the Germanic languages group 118:This common, but not direct, ancestor ( 4247: 2317: 480:), was spoken in the modern region of 3981: 3595: 2339: 2291: 1683: 967: 964: 943: 940: 647:dialects from post 16th century. The 348:"Gelobistu in got alamehtigan fadaer" 767:dating back to or before that time. 231: 2872:Plautdietsch / Mennonite Low German 305:Area in which Old Dutch was spoken. 13: 4231:Languages between parentheses are 3596: 431: 14: 4266: 1600: 1670:"Taal in Nederland .:. Brabants" 669:"The Dutch language was born in 596:Standardization and Modern Dutch 379:The oldest known single word is 333:that were first recorded in the 166: 1642:Van der Sijs, Nicoline (2001). 1614:The New Encyclopædia Britannica 763:is preserved in many much-used 421: 344:"Visc flot aftar themo uuatare" 269:The inscription can be read as 4235:of the language on their left. 1662: 1635: 748:Development of Germanic sounds 111:, Dutch is grouped within the 1: 4255:History of the Dutch language 4126:Germanic substrate hypothesis 3982: 1593: 1160: 1071:-o:w- / -o:- (before hiatus) 472:, (sometimes subdivided into 4156:Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law 2847:Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch 290: 7: 4136:High German consonant shift 218:High German consonant shift 109:Indo-European language tree 57:earliest recorded languages 36:, that originated from the 10: 4271: 2674:Westlauwers–Terschellings 2327:According to contemporary 1648:. L.J. 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1159: 1156: 1155: 1152: 1149: 1146: 1142: 1141: 1138: 1137:-o:i̯- / -ɑu- 1135: 1132: 1128: 1127: 1124: 1120: 1119: 1116: 1112: 1111: 1108: 1104: 1103: 1100: 1096: 1095: 1094:-yu̯- / -ɑu̯- 1092: 1091:-yu̯- / -ɑu̯- 1089: 1086: 1082: 1081: 1080:-ui̯- / -ɑu̯- 1078: 1075: 1072: 1068: 1067: 1064: 1061: 1058: 1054: 1053: 1050: 1047: 1044: 1037: 1034: 1031: 1030: 1027: 1024: 1021: 1017: 1016: 1013: 1010: 1006: 1005: 1002: 999: 996: 992: 991: 988: 985: 982: 978: 977: 974: 970: 969: 966: 962: 961: 958: 954: 953: 950: 946: 945: 942: 939: 936: 932: 931: 928: 925: 922: 918: 917: 914: 911: 908: 904: 903: 900: 897: 894: 891: 887: 886: 883: 880: 877: 874: 871: 867: 866: 863: 860: 857: 854: 850: 849: 846: 842: 841: 838: 835: 832: 829: 825: 824: 821: 818: 815: 812: 809: 805: 804: 803:Open Syllable 801: 798: 797:Open Syllable 795: 792: 789: 788: 785: 782: 779: 772: 769: 753:Linguistically 749: 746: 743: 742: 737: 731: 730: 725: 719: 718: 713: 707: 706: 703: 699: 698: 649:Standard Dutch 602:Dutch language 600:Main article: 597: 594: 582: 581: 559: 541: 523: 489: 426:Main article: 423: 420: 295:Main article: 292: 289: 282: 281: 276: 236:Main article: 233: 230: 195:Proto-Germanic 171:Main article: 168: 165: 125:Proto-Germanic 120:proto-language 88: 85: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 4267: 4256: 4253: 4252: 4250: 4234: 4230: 4228: 4224: 4221: 4220: 4217: 4203: 4200: 4198: 4195: 4193: 4190: 4188: 4185: 4183: 4180: 4178: 4177:Germanic verb 4175: 4174: 4172: 4168: 4162: 4159: 4157: 4154: 4152: 4149: 4147: 4144: 4142: 4139: 4137: 4134: 4132: 4129: 4127: 4124: 4122: 4119: 4117: 4116:Sievers's law 4114: 4112: 4109: 4107: 4104: 4102: 4099: 4098: 4096: 4092: 4086: 4083: 4081: 4078: 4076: 4073: 4071: 4068: 4067: 4065: 4063:Reconstructed 4061: 4055: 4054: 4050: 4048: 4047: 4043: 4041: 4040: 4036: 4035: 4030: 4027: 4025: 4022: 4020: 4017: 4016: 4015: 4012: 4010: 4007: 4005: 4002: 4001: 3999: 3997: 3993: 3989: 3985: 3980: 3976: 3962: 3961: 3957: 3955: 3954: 3950: 3947: 3946: 3941: 3940: 3936: 3935: 3933: 3931: 3930: 3925: 3913: 3910: 3908: 3905: 3904: 3902: 3901: 3898: 3890: 3887: 3886: 3885: 3882: 3878: 3877: 3876:Middle Danish 3873: 3871: 3870: 3866: 3864: 3861: 3859: 3856: 3854: 3851: 3847: 3844: 3842: 3839: 3838: 3837: 3834: 3830: 3827: 3826: 3825: 3822: 3820: 3817: 3815: 3812: 3811: 3810: 3807: 3803: 3800: 3798: 3795: 3794: 3793: 3790: 3789: 3787: 3783: 3777: 3776: 3772: 3770: 3769: 3765: 3761: 3760: 3756: 3754: 3753: 3752:Old Icelandic 3749: 3748: 3747: 3744: 3742: 3739: 3735: 3734: 3730: 3728: 3727: 3726:Old Norwegian 3723: 3720: 3717: 3714: 3711: 3709: 3706: 3704: 3701: 3699: 3696: 3694: 3691: 3689: 3686: 3684: 3681: 3679: 3676: 3675: 3674: 3671: 3670: 3668: 3664: 3656: 3655: 3651: 3649: 3646: 3644: 3641: 3640: 3639: 3638: 3634: 3632: 3631: 3627: 3626: 3624: 3620: 3617: 3615: 3611: 3607: 3603: 3599: 3594: 3590: 3572: 3571: 3567: 3563: 3560: 3559: 3558: 3555: 3553: 3550: 3544: 3543:Gottscheerish 3541: 3539: 3536: 3534: 3531: 3529: 3526: 3524: 3521: 3520: 3519: 3516: 3512: 3509: 3508: 3507: 3504: 3502: 3499: 3498: 3497: 3494: 3490: 3487: 3483: 3482:Walser German 3480: 3479: 3478: 3475: 3471: 3468: 3467: 3466: 3463: 3459: 3456: 3454: 3451: 3450: 3449: 3448:Low Alemannic 3446: 3445: 3443: 3440: 3439: 3437: 3435: 3431: 3421: 3418: 3416: 3413: 3411: 3410:High Prussian 3408: 3406: 3403: 3401: 3398: 3396: 3395:Erzgebirgisch 3393: 3391: 3388: 3386: 3383: 3382: 3380: 3378: 3374: 3368: 3365: 3361: 3358: 3357: 3356: 3353: 3347: 3344: 3342: 3339: 3338: 3337: 3334: 3332: 3329: 3328: 3327: 3324: 3316: 3313: 3312: 3311: 3308: 3306: 3303: 3301: 3300:Luxembourgish 3298: 3297: 3296: 3293: 3289: 3286: 3284: 3281: 3280: 3279: 3276: 3275: 3274: 3271: 3270: 3268: 3266: 3262: 3259: 3257: 3253: 3245: 3242: 3240: 3239: 3238:Klezmer-loshn 3235: 3233: 3232:Scots Yiddish 3230: 3228: 3225: 3223: 3220: 3219: 3218: 3215: 3213: 3210: 3206: 3203: 3202: 3201: 3198: 3196: 3193: 3191: 3188: 3186: 3183: 3181: 3178: 3176: 3173: 3172: 3170: 3168: 3163: 3158: 3152: 3149: 3147: 3144: 3142: 3139: 3138: 3136: 3134: 3130: 3122: 3121: 3117: 3116: 3115: 3114: 3110: 3108: 3107: 3103: 3101: 3100: 3096: 3095: 3093: 3089: 3086: 3084: 3080: 3070: 3069:Meuse-Rhenish 3067: 3065: 3062: 3061: 3059: 3055: 3049: 3046: 3045: 3043: 3041: 3037: 3031: 3027: 3023: 3019: 3016: 3014: 3011: 3009: 3006: 3004: 3001: 3000: 2997: 2996:Kleverlandish 2994: 2992: 2989: 2987: 2984: 2982: 2979: 2975: 2972: 2971: 2970: 2967: 2963: 2960: 2959: 2958: 2957:Central Dutch 2955: 2954: 2952: 2948: 2941: 2937: 2934: 2932: 2929: 2928: 2926: 2924: 2920: 2914: 2911: 2909: 2906: 2904: 2901: 2900: 2898: 2894: 2891: 2889: 2885: 2873: 2870: 2869: 2868: 2865: 2863: 2860: 2858: 2855: 2853: 2850: 2848: 2845: 2844: 2842: 2840: 2836: 2830: 2827: 2825: 2822: 2818: 2815: 2814: 2813: 2810: 2806: 2803: 2801: 2798: 2794: 2791: 2789: 2786: 2785: 2783: 2781: 2778: 2776: 2773: 2771: 2768: 2766: 2765:Stellingwarfs 2763: 2762: 2761: 2758: 2757: 2755: 2753: 2749: 2743: 2742: 2738: 2736: 2735: 2731: 2730: 2728: 2724: 2721: 2719: 2715: 2699: 2696: 2690: 2687: 2686: 2685:Wood Frisian 2684: 2681: 2680: 2679: 2676: 2675: 2673: 2671: 2668: 2666: 2663: 2662: 2660: 2658: 2654: 2646: 2643: 2641: 2640: 2636: 2634: 2631: 2627: 2624: 2621: 2618: 2617: 2616: 2613: 2611: 2608: 2603: 2602: 2601: 2598: 2597: 2595: 2591: 2588: 2586: 2583: 2579: 2576: 2574: 2571: 2570: 2568: 2566: 2565: 2561: 2560: 2558: 2557: 2555: 2553: 2552:North Frisian 2549: 2541: 2540: 2536: 2534: 2533: 2529: 2527: 2526: 2522: 2521: 2520: 2517: 2513: 2510: 2509: 2507: 2506: 2504: 2502: 2498: 2492: 2491: 2487: 2485: 2484: 2480: 2479: 2477: 2473: 2470: 2468: 2464: 2456: 2455: 2451: 2449: 2448: 2444: 2443: 2442: 2439: 2435: 2434: 2430: 2428: 2427: 2423: 2421: 2420: 2416: 2415: 2414: 2411: 2405: 2404: 2400: 2399: 2398: 2397: 2393: 2391: 2390: 2386: 2384: 2383: 2379: 2377: 2374: 2373: 2372: 2369: 2368: 2366: 2364: 2360: 2357: 2355: 2354:Anglo-Frisian 2351: 2347: 2343: 2338: 2334: 2330: 2324: 2320: 2313: 2308: 2306: 2301: 2299: 2294: 2293: 2290: 2278: 2275: 2273: 2270: 2268: 2265: 2263: 2260: 2259: 2257: 2253: 2247: 2244: 2242: 2239: 2238: 2236: 2232: 2226: 2223: 2222: 2220: 2216: 2210: 2207: 2206: 2204: 2200: 2194: 2191: 2190: 2188: 2184: 2176: 2173: 2171: 2168: 2167: 2166: 2163: 2162: 2160: 2156: 2150: 2147: 2145: 2142: 2140: 2137: 2133: 2130: 2129: 2128: 2125: 2124: 2122: 2118: 2112: 2109: 2108: 2106: 2104:Austroasiatic 2102: 2096: 2093: 2091: 2088: 2086: 2083: 2081: 2078: 2077: 2075: 2071: 2065: 2062: 2060: 2057: 2055: 2052: 2051: 2049: 2045: 2039: 2036: 2035: 2033: 2029: 2023: 2020: 2018: 2015: 2013: 2010: 2009: 2007: 2003: 1993: 1990: 1988: 1985: 1984: 1982: 1978: 1972: 1969: 1967: 1964: 1962: 1959: 1958: 1956: 1952: 1946: 1943: 1941: 1938: 1936: 1933: 1930: 1926: 1923: 1921: 1918: 1916: 1913: 1911: 1908: 1906: 1903: 1901: 1898: 1896: 1893: 1892: 1890: 1886: 1880: 1877: 1875: 1872: 1871: 1869: 1865: 1859: 1856: 1854: 1851: 1849: 1846: 1844: 1841: 1839: 1836: 1834: 1831: 1828: 1824: 1821: 1819: 1816: 1815: 1813: 1809: 1803: 1800: 1798: 1795: 1794: 1792: 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grew up in 672: 666: 662: 658: 654: 650: 646: 642: 638: 634: 630: 626: 622: 617: 613: 609: 606:A process of 603: 593: 591: 587: 579: 576:and parts of 575: 571: 567: 563: 560: 557: 553: 549: 545: 542: 539: 536:and parts of 535: 534:South Holland 531: 527: 524: 521: 517: 513: 509: 506:provinces of 505: 501: 500:North Brabant 497: 493: 490: 487: 486:East Flanders 483: 479: 475: 471: 468: 467: 466: 463: 461: 457: 452: 450: 446: 442: 434: 429: 416: 411: 407: 405: 404: 398: 394: 391:), meaning a 390: 386: 382: 377: 375: 371: 367: 363: 359: 357: 351: 349: 345: 340: 336: 332: 331:Low Countries 328: 324: 319: 316: 311: 303: 298: 288: 285: 280: 277: 275: 272: 271: 270: 267: 265: 261: 257: 252: 251:(Old Dutch). 250: 246: 239: 229: 227: 223: 219: 215: 211: 207: 202: 200: 196: 192: 188: 184: 180: 174: 167:West Germanic 164: 162: 158: 154: 150: 146: 141: 139: 135: 131: 127: 126: 121: 116: 114: 110: 102: 98: 93: 84: 82: 78: 74: 70: 66: 62: 58: 54: 50: 46: 41: 39: 35: 31: 25: 24:Dutch culture 21: 16: 4222: 4106:Verner's law 4051: 4046:Gotho-Nordic 4044: 4037: 3958: 3951: 3943: 3937: 3927: 3912:Fårö Gutnish 3874: 3867: 3773: 3766: 3757: 3750: 3731: 3724: 3652: 3647: 3642: 3635: 3628: 3568: 3470:Swiss German 3434:Upper German 3367:Amana German 3341:Volga German 3310:Hunsrückisch 3236: 3190:Unserdeutsch 3185:Berlinerisch 3118: 3111: 3104: 3097: 3057:Cover groups 3013:Mohawk Dutch 3008:Jersey Dutch 2986:East Flemish 2969:West Flemish 2913:Middle Dutch 2867:Low Prussian 2739: 2732: 2698:Terschelling 2682:Clay Frisian 2657:West Frisian 2645:Wiedingharde 2637: 2625: 2585:Heligolandic 2562: 2537: 2530: 2523: 2518: 2501:East Frisian 2488: 2481: 2454:Middle Scots 2452: 2445: 2431: 2424: 2417: 2412: 2401: 2394: 2387: 2380: 2158:Sino–Tibetan 2120:Austronesian 1954:Indo-Iranian 1745: 1664: 1644: 1637: 1629: 1613: 1602: 1518:-egi-/-ehi- 1515:-egi-/-ehi- 1510:ɑu̯d – ɑu̯t 1409:þ- (> ð) 751: 739: 734: 727: 722: 715: 710: 685: 668: 629:Antwerp fell 605: 583: 498:province of 478:East Flemish 464: 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