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How the World Views Dutch and Dutch Speakers

7 April 2022

If you’re not Dutch, you’re not much. Or: If it ain’t Dutch, it ain’t much. Anyone who has ever travelled in Canada or the USA or surfed through English language websites will recognise this proud declaration on bumpers, mugs and tee-shirts. The phrase expresses the vision of the Dutch in No

The Top 5 Language Stories of the Year

14 December 2021

In the Low Countries, Do People Speak Dutch, Flemish, or Hollandic?

25 February 2021

People in the Netherlands and Flanders speak one language: Dutch. But some speakers call it Flemish or Hollandic. In the past, the varieties were known as Southern and Northern Dutch. What is really going on? Linguist Fieke Van der Gucht attempts to disentangle the issue.

Gezellig! The Legacy of Dutch Around the Globe

9 February 2021

What is the origin of Dutch? Why does the language sound familiar on all continents? What do Yiddish, English and Russian have in common? What is the difference between Dutch spoken in Belgium and in the Netherlands? And why were cuddle-buddy and one-and-a-half-metre-society voted Dutch words of the

A Standard Language Is a Dialect With an Army

28 January 2020

Similar to most Flemish people, I find myself in between three types of language: my dialect (“mother tongue”), the tussentaal (“in-between language”) and the culture language (or “standard language”). My daughter will, for example, tell me I sound quite artificial when she listens to me

Thriving in Babel: Plea for a Multilingual Europe

2 May 2019

'We have no choice, certainly in Europe, but to become as multilingual as possible. If we want respect for our own language, we must also show respect for other people’s languages.' Luc Devoldere, editor-in-chief of the Flemish-Dutch cultural institution Ons Erfdeel, made an impassioned plea for m

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