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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. The present Dutch standard language is derived from Old Dutch dialects spoken in the Low Countries that were first recorded in the Salic law, a Frankish document written around 510 ...
Old Dutch is mostly recorded on fragmentary relics, and words have been reconstructed from Middle Dutch and Old Dutch loanwords in French. [7] Old Dutch is regarded as the primary stage in the development of a separate Dutch language.
Old Dutch is mostly recorded on fragmentary relics, and words have been reconstructed from Middle Dutch and Old Dutch loanwords in French. [42] Old Dutch is regarded as the primary stage in the development of a separate Dutch language.
There was a close relationship between Old Dutch, Old Saxon, Old English and Old Frisian. Because texts written in the language spoken by the Franks are almost non-existent, and Old Dutch texts scarce and fragmentary, not much is known about the development of Old Dutch. Old Dutch made the transition to Middle Dutch around 1150. [12]
This is an incomplete list of Dutch expressions used in English; some are relatively common (e.g. cookie), some are comparatively rare.In a survey by Joseph M. Williams in Origins of the English Language it is estimated that about 1% of English words are of Dutch origin.
Its uncertain which language gave rise to Old Dutch, but it is believed to have been spoken by the Salian Franks and is similar to other Germanic languages. [16] However, the development of Old Dutch is poorly understood as there are few surviving texts in Old Dutch or the language spoken by the Franks.
Middle Dutch is a collective name for a number of closely related West Germanic dialects whose ancestor was Old Dutch.It was spoken and written between 1150 and 1500. Until the advent of Modern Dutch after 1500 or c. 1550, [2] there was no overarching standard language, but all dialects were mutually intelligible.
Old Dutch (9 P) Pages in category "History of the Dutch language" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.