History of the Dutch language

"History of Dutch" redirects here. For the history of the Dutch people, see Dutch people. For the history of the Dutch culture, see Dutch culture.

Dutch is a West Germanic language, that originated from the Old Frankish dialects. Countries that have Dutch as an official language are the Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, Sint Maarten, Curaçao and Aruba.

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