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Dutch language?
Would it be easier to learn the Dutch language if you already have previous studies in the German language. Is Dutch a difficult language to learn in general? Do you know of any good self teaching Dutch books or textbooks? Thanks.
Take German as spoken in Northern Germany, throw out half the grammar, and you end up with Dutch. Seriously.
What is your opionion aboutthe Dutch Language?
Whats your opioion on the Dutch language? I'm just curious. People say it's useless, dumb, and other things all the time. I also hear people who speak dutch say there own language sucks. I don't think so, I think it's nice.
Which people say that? Are those the same people that claim English isn`t a global language by any chance? It`s the language of the country - and it is somewhat difficult for non-native speakers to learn - but not impossible. I think that those people that say that any language is useless, are dumb themselves, but well.. who cares about them anyway?
Why is the Dutch languagereferred to as Flemish inBelgium?
Dutch and Flemish are the same language. Why is the language in Belgium not also known as Dutch?
That's a very good question. It's not that it's difficult to answer, only that most people don't have a clue... Cisje comes the closest to the right answers: it's mostly flemish pride that causes them to speak of "the flemish language". Flemish people will even speak of the "flemish coastline", although 10 years ago it was still being called the "belgian coastline". Some flemish cities historically have a french name too (like Antwerp - Anvers or Mechelen - Malines, Gent - Gand...) Well, some months ago, those french names were removed from all road signs and official communication. That's all because of flemish separatist who try to cultivate flemish nationalistic feelings... Sad but true. Let's set things straight: dutch and flemish are one and the same language. Ok, they have different accents, they sometimes use different expressions and proverbs, but still... stating that flemish is a separate language would be the same as stating that american and british are two separate languages. The official languages of Belgium are dutch, french and german. Flemish is not mentionned as it's a dialect. There seems to be confusion about the use of the word dialect too. Linguistically speaking, a dialect is the same as a language, only that it's not fully institutionalized. (That means: it has to be an official language, has to have separate dictionnaries and grammars... etc. which we don't) A dialect is not in any way inferior to a language. In the flemish region, almost all people speak some sort of standard dutch, only in a flemish way... But of course, as in all european countries, every city, every village, every region has its own dialect. Those dialects often differ so greatly that people in the east won't understand people in the west (only 200 km apart!) and vice versa. So actually it's pretty hard to speak of a standard flemish. (Although some people seem to believe that the antwerp dialect is standard flemish, because it's spoken on some TV programs) Mostly the number of people who speak regional dialects is diminuishing.
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