Dutch

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Dutch is a West Germanic language spoken primarily in the Netherlands and Belgium, serving as the basis for several regional and colonial varieties such as Flemish and Afrikaans.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf West Germanic language
natural language
ancestorOf Afrikaans
Dutch East Indies
surface form: Indonesian Dutch
closelyRelatedTo Afrikaans
English
German
colonialOffshoot Afrikaans
glottocode dutc1256
hasDialects Achterhooks
East Flemish
Limburgish (Dutch variety)
surface form: Limburgish (Netherlands)

Zeelandic
surface form: West Flemish

Zeelandic
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom English
French
Latin
hasMorphologicalFeature plural formation with -en and -s
two grammatical genders in standard language
hasPhonologicalFeature final-obstruent devoicing
voicing contrast in obstruents
historicalStage Early Modern Dutch
Middle Dutch
Old Dutch
iso639-1Code nl
iso639-2Code dut
nld
iso639-3Code nld
languageFamily Germanic
officialStatus official language of Aruba
official language of Belgium
official language of Curaçao
official language of Sint Maarten
official language of Suriname
official language of the Netherlands
primaryCountry Belgium
Netherlands
recognizedStatus official language of the Benelux Union
official language of the European Union
regionalVariety North Brabant
surface form: Brabantian

Flemish
Dutch self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hollandic

Limburgish (Dutch variety)
regulatoryBody Dutch Language Union
scriptDirection left-to-right
spokenIn Aruba
Belgium
Caribbean Netherlands
Curaçao
Netherlands
Sint Maarten
Suriname
expat communities worldwide
parts of France (French Flanders)
standardizationPeriod 17th century
standardVariety Dutch self-linksurface differs
surface form: Standard Dutch
subfamily West Germanic languages
surface form: West Germanic
typology fusional language
usedAs language of administration in the Netherlands
language of education in Dutch-speaking regions
language of media in Dutch-speaking regions
wordOrder SOV in subordinate clauses
SVO in main clauses
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Europe hasMajorLanguage Dutch
Bronk hasLanguageOfOrigin Dutch
this entity surface form: Dutch language
Dutch standardVariety Dutch self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Standard Dutch
Dutch regionalVariety Dutch self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hollandic
Sranan Tongo influencedBy Dutch
this entity surface form: Dutch language
Sranan Tongo hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Dutch
this entity surface form: Dutch language
Femke Halsema hasPublishedIn Dutch
this entity surface form: Dutch language
Timothy hasLanguageOfUse Dutch
this entity surface form: Dutch language
Germanic languages includesLanguage Dutch
this entity surface form: Dutch language
Old Dutch subclassOf Dutch
this entity surface form: Dutch language
Old Dutch hasDescendant Dutch
this entity surface form: Modern Dutch
Charles languageOfUse Dutch
Zeelandic relatedTo Dutch
this entity surface form: Standard Dutch
Zeelandic influencedBy Dutch
this entity surface form: Standard Dutch
Middle Dutch followedBy Dutch
this entity surface form: Modern Dutch
Achterhooks influencedBy Dutch
this entity surface form: Dutch language
Achterhooks hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Dutch
this entity surface form: Standard Dutch
Limburgish (Dutch variety) neighboringDialectArea Dutch
this entity surface form: Standard Dutch
Dutch Language Union regulates Dutch
this entity surface form: Standard Dutch
Early Modern Dutch precedes Dutch
this entity surface form: Modern Dutch
Early Modern Dutch ancestorOf Dutch
this entity surface form: Modern Dutch
Early Modern Dutch hasSubsequentStandard Dutch
this entity surface form: Standard Dutch
Sranan influencedBy Dutch
this entity surface form: Dutch language
Sranan superstrateLanguage Dutch
this entity surface form: Dutch language
Peter isUsedIn Dutch
this entity surface form: Dutch language
Antwerp officialLanguage Dutch
East Flemish partOf Dutch
this entity surface form: Dutch language
East Flemish usesStandardOrthographyOf Dutch
this entity surface form: Standard Dutch
Aruba officialLanguage Dutch
Katrina hasOrigin Dutch
this entity surface form: Dutch language
Maximilian hasLanguageOfUse Dutch
this entity surface form: Dutch language
Sarnami Hindustani influencedBy Dutch
this entity surface form: Dutch language
Pennsylvania German distinctFrom Dutch
this entity surface form: Dutch language
Dutch Surinamese languageUsed Dutch
this entity surface form: Dutch language