Dutch

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West Germanic language natural language

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.

Aliases (4)

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	West Germanic language → natural language →
ancestorOf	Afrikaans → Indonesian Dutch →
closelyRelatedTo	Afrikaans → English → German →
colonialOffshoot	Afrikaans →
glottocode	dutc1256 →
hasDialects	Achterhooks → East Flemish → Limburgish (Netherlands) → 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	Brabantian → Flemish → 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	Standard Dutch →
subfamily	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 →

Referenced by (79)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Achterhooks ("Dutch language") → Dutch Low Saxon ("Dutch language") → Sarnami Hindustani ("Dutch language") → South Guelderish ("Standard Dutch") → Sranan ("Dutch language") → Sranan Tongo ("Dutch language") → Twents ("Dutch language") → Twents ("Standard Dutch") → Veluws ("Standard Dutch") → Walcheren dialect ("Standard Dutch") → Zeelandic ("Standard Dutch") →	influencedBy
Antwerp → Aruba → Buitenkaag → Dutch Gold Coast → Dutch Republic → Ede → Friesland → Vilvoorde →	officialLanguage
Joachim ("Dutch language") → Maximilian ("Dutch language") → Timothy ("Dutch language") →	hasLanguageOfUse
Achterhooks ("Standard Dutch") → Saterland Frisian → Sranan Tongo ("Dutch language") →	hasLexicalInfluenceFrom
Beinsdorp → Benelux Union → Heumen →	hasOfficialLanguage
Ellen ("Dutch language") → Leon ("Dutch language") → Peter ("Dutch language") →	isUsedIn
Charles → Lara → Wybe →	languageOfUse
Afro-Surinamese → Dutch Surinamese ("Dutch language") → Hainaut →	languageUsed
Dutch Low Saxon ("Standard Dutch") → Pennsylvania German ("Dutch language") →	distinctFrom
African diaspora → Stratum →	hasLanguage
Hendrickje ("Dutch language") → Philipse ("Dutch language") →	languageOfOrigin
East Flemish ("Standard Dutch") → Walcheren dialect ("Dutch language") →	usesStandardOrthographyOf
Early Modern Dutch ("Modern Dutch") →	ancestorOf
Surat →	colonialPowerPresence
Middle Dutch ("Modern Dutch") →	followedBy
Old Dutch ("Modern Dutch") →	hasDescendant
Walcheren dialect ("Dutch language") →	hasLanguageAncestor
Bronk ("Dutch language") →	hasLanguageOfOrigin
Indonesian →	hasLoanwordsFrom
Europe →	hasMajorLanguage
Katrina ("Dutch language") →	hasOrigin
Low Franconian languages ("Dutch language") →	hasPart
Femke Halsema ("Dutch language") →	hasPublishedIn
Low Franconian languages ("Standard Dutch") →	hasStandardLanguage
Early Modern Dutch ("Standard Dutch") →	hasSubsequentStandard
Khoikhoi →	historicalExonymLanguage
Afrikaners →	historicalLanguageOrigin
Itsekiri people →	historicalTradePartners
Germanic languages ("Dutch language") →	includesLanguage
Courtrai →	languageOfficial
Roman-Dutch law →	languageOfSources
Afro-Curacaoans →	languageSpoken
Herman Boerhaave →	languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned
Munsee language →	lexicalBorrowingFrom
Limburgish (Dutch variety) ("Standard Dutch") →	neighboringDialectArea
East Flemish ("Dutch language") →	partOf
Early Modern Dutch ("Modern Dutch") →	precedes
Dutch ("Hollandic") →	regionalVariety
Dutch Language Union ("Standard Dutch") →	regulates
Zeelandic ("Standard Dutch") →	relatedTo
Frisian languages ("Dutch language") →	sharesCommonAncestorWith
South Guelderish ("Standard Dutch") →	standardLanguage
Dutch ("Standard Dutch") →	standardVariety
Old Dutch ("Dutch language") →	subclassOf
Sranan ("Dutch language") →	superstrateLanguage
ISO/IEC 8859-1 →	supportsLanguage