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The countries that comprise the region called the Low Countries (Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg) all have comparatively the same toponymy.Place names with Neder, Nieder, Nedre, Nether, Lage(r) or Low(er) (in Germanic languages) and Bas or Inferior (in Romance languages) are in use in low-lying places all over Europe.
In the Netherlands, the official spelling is regulated by the Spelling Act of 15 September 2005. [1] This came into force on 22 February 2006, replacing the Act on the Spelling of the Dutch Language of 14 February 1947. [2]
While "Holland" has been replaced in English as the official name for the country of the Netherlands, many other languages use it or a variant of it to officially refer to the Netherlands. This is the case in Southeast Asia particularly Indonesia, Malaysia, and Cambodia for example: Acehnese: Blanda; Banjar: Walanda; Banyumasan: Landa; Javanese ...
The predominant language of the Netherlands is Dutch, spoken and written by almost all people in the Netherlands. Dutch is also spoken and official in the Dutch Caribbean (Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the Caribbean Netherlands special municipalities of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba) as well as the Flemish Community of Belgium and Suriname.
In the Netherlands, the official spelling is currently given legal basis by the Spelling Act of September 15, 2005. [ n ] [ o ] The Spelling Act gives the Committee of Ministers of the Dutch Language Union the authority to determine the spelling of Dutch by ministerial decision.
Vowel length is indicated in Dutch spelling using a combination of double vowels and double consonants. Changes from single to double letters are common when discussing Dutch grammar, but they are entirely predictable once one knows how the spelling rules work.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, pronounced [ˈkoːnɪŋkrɛiɡ dɛr ˈneːdərlɑndə(n)] ⓘ; [h], West Frisian: Keninkryk fan de Nederlannen, Papiamento: Reino Hulandes), commonly known simply as the Netherlands, [i] is a sovereign state consisting of a collection of constituent territories united under the monarch of the Netherlands, who functions as head ...
In the Netherlands, the Act on the Spelling of the Dutch Language of 14 February 1947 was passed. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A Flemish-Dutch committee compiled a vocabulary which was published in 1954 in a green volume entitled “ Woordenlijst van de Nederlandse taal ” (Vocabulary of the Dutch language), which became known as “het Groene Boekje” (the ...