Culture of Saint Martin - Languages of Saint Martin, Dutch Language, Saint Martin Creole (Paperback)


Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Countries and territories with a significant number of speakers:AustraliaCanadaFranceGermanyNew ZealandUnited StatesUnited Kingdom Dutch ()) is a West Germanic language spoken by over 22 million people as a native language and over 5 million people as a second language. Most native speakers live in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, with smaller groups of speakers in parts of France, Germany and several former Dutch colonies. It is closely related to other West Germanic languages (e.g., English, West Frisian and German) and somewhat more remotely to the North Germanic languages. Dutch is the parent language of Afrikaans and of several creole languages. The Dutch Language Union coordinates actions of the Dutch, Flemish and Surinamese authorities in linguistic issues, language policy, language teaching and literature. In English the language of the people of the Netherlands and Flanders is referred to as Dutch; or rarely (usually in technical linguistic contexts) as Netherlandic; Flemish is a popular informal term to refer to Belgian Dutch, Dutch as spoken in Belgium. The origins of the word Dutch go back to Proto-Germanic, the ancestor of all Germanic languages, *eudiskaz (meaning "national/popular"); akin to Old Dutch diets, Old High German duitsch, Old English eodisc and Gothic iuda all meaning "(of) the common (Germanic) people". As the tribes among the Germanic peoples began to differentiate, its meaning began to change. The Anglo-Saxons of England for example gradually stopped referring to themselves as eodisc and instead started to use Englisc, after their tribe. On the continent *theudo evolved into two meanings: Diets (meaning "Dutch (people)"

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Countries and territories with a significant number of speakers:AustraliaCanadaFranceGermanyNew ZealandUnited StatesUnited Kingdom Dutch ()) is a West Germanic language spoken by over 22 million people as a native language and over 5 million people as a second language. Most native speakers live in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, with smaller groups of speakers in parts of France, Germany and several former Dutch colonies. It is closely related to other West Germanic languages (e.g., English, West Frisian and German) and somewhat more remotely to the North Germanic languages. Dutch is the parent language of Afrikaans and of several creole languages. The Dutch Language Union coordinates actions of the Dutch, Flemish and Surinamese authorities in linguistic issues, language policy, language teaching and literature. In English the language of the people of the Netherlands and Flanders is referred to as Dutch; or rarely (usually in technical linguistic contexts) as Netherlandic; Flemish is a popular informal term to refer to Belgian Dutch, Dutch as spoken in Belgium. The origins of the word Dutch go back to Proto-Germanic, the ancestor of all Germanic languages, *eudiskaz (meaning "national/popular"); akin to Old Dutch diets, Old High German duitsch, Old English eodisc and Gothic iuda all meaning "(of) the common (Germanic) people". As the tribes among the Germanic peoples began to differentiate, its meaning began to change. The Anglo-Saxons of England for example gradually stopped referring to themselves as eodisc and instead started to use Englisc, after their tribe. On the continent *theudo evolved into two meanings: Diets (meaning "Dutch (people)"

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June 2010

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June 2010

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152 x 229 x 3mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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46

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978-1-157-81256-2

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9781157812562

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1-157-81256-2



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