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• What's in a name?
  FAQ-list about the words 'Dutch, Flemish, Holland, etc.' (in English)

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FAQ - What's in a name?
Dutch, Flemish, Holland, the Netherlands, Flanders

1. Introduction
In short, the whole matter of the name giving is a mess, a can of worms.
In general we can say that Dutch (Nederlands) is mainly spoken in the Netherlands and in Flanders, Belgium. In Suriname, Dutch is an official language, but not that generally used in daily communication.
What Standard Dutch (Algemeen Nederlands) in the Low Lands is concerned, the spelling in both countries is identical, the grammar is mainly the same (apart from some minor points or different tendencies), the vocabulary is also similar, though both countries have their own lexical peculiarities. What does differ markedly is the pronunciation and intonation in both countries.
But when two speakers from both countries speak their respective variants of Standard Dutch, they can communicate without any major problem. Keep in mind that communication also entails asking for (minor) clarifications once in a while.

2. Dutch – Nederlands
The modern English word Dutch normally refers to (1) the Dutch language, (2) the inhabitants of the Netherlands, (3) the adjective which pertains to the country called the Netherlands. The standard translation of Dutch is 'Nederlands'. Dutch is the official language of the Netherlands and of Suriname, and one of the official languages of Belgium (Flanders, see also point 4.). There are still some speakers of a Dutch dialect in the north-west of France.

3. Holland
Strictly speaking, the name Holland refers to a historical county, and in modern times, to two provinces in the Netherlands, viz. North Holland and South Holland. The name Holland is often used as a pars pro toto for the whole country, occasionally also in the Netherlands.
In quite some languages, the word Holland is used as the basis for the official name of the country ‘the Netherlands’ and the language and / or as the informal, more common name for both. (e.g.on the one hand Greek: Ολλανδία vs. Βασίλειουτων Κάτω Χωρών; on the other hand Persian هلند / هاندی (holandi/holand) and Chinese 荷兰语 / 荷兰(王国), helanyu/helan (wangguo) throughout).

4. Flemish, Dutch, Flanders – Vlaams, Nederlands, Vlaanderen
‘Flemish’ is the adjective which pertains to Flanders (Vlaanderen, an official region in the north of Belgium). The official language in Flanders is called Nederlands (i.e. Dutch) and not Vlaams (Flemish). In Flemish schools they teach Nederlands, the Belgian constitution mentions Nederlands as one of the official languages, and not Flemish. Even the most extremist Flemish nationalistic and separatist political parties refer to the standard language spoken in Flanders as... Nederlands, and not Flemish.
These socio-linguistic and political arguments are supported by linguists. Everybody recognises the differences between Standard Dutch as spoken in the Netherlands and Standard Dutch as spoken in Flanders, but not one single linguist who wants to be taken seriously, will call the latter 'Flemish'.
In Flanders, there are three (or four) main dialect groups which are not always mutually intelligible (!) and Flemish is only one of them. (see also "5. Attitudes towards the standard language"). Sometimes the variety of Standard Dutch is called 'Flemish'. One should be aware that this is a very informal, very confusing and, at the end, a very unproductive term.
Nevertheless, and rather unfortunately, in most other countries, the distinction “Dutch (in the Netherlands) versus Flemish (in Flanders)” is generally made, even though there is absolutely no linguistic, socio-linguistic, political, or any other sound basis for it.

5. Attitudes towards the standard language
Even though the scope of this forum is Standard Dutch as spoken in the Netherlands and in Flanders, one should keep in mind that the language attitudes in both countries differ markedly. At the risk of being too black and white, one can nevertheless say that in the Netherlands there is a higher tendency to stick to their standard language than in Flanders. Or rather, in informal situations, people in Flanders more often speak a local dialect or a language variant heavily coloured by the local dialect, which is often called ‘substandard’ (tussentaal, verkavelingsvlaams). This 'substandard' language, or rather, this collection of substandard varieties is often informally called 'Flemish', but one should be aware that this term, in this context, is highly confusing and highly unproductive.

6. Frisian and Afrikaans (South Africa) – Fries en Afrikaans
The linguistic and socio-linguistic arguments to call both Frisian and Afrikaans separate languages rather than ‘dialects of Dutch’ are crystal clear and as solid as a rock. Hence, questions solely about Frisian and Afrikaans will be redirected to the "Other Languages" forum. Questions about the comparison between resp. Afrikaans/Dutch and Frisian/Dutch will be accepted. But please keep in mind that Frisian, as any other language, is a collection of language variants which are not necessarily mutually intelligible and that Frisian variants are not only spoken in the Netherlands, but also in Germany and Denmark.

7. The English word 'Dutch' (special cases)
The English word Dutch originally referred to any speaker or language from the Low Countries, including northern Germany (and sometimes even the whole of modern day Germany and beyond). This gave (and alas, still gives) rise to quite some confusion. Many people will still use some German (deutsch) phrases when you tell them you are speaking or learning Dutch. Please be patient with them .
Two other, rather random, examples of this historical confusion are the names Jersey Dutch (which is or was a language based upon several Dutch (and local Native American) dialects) and Pennsylvania Dutch (which evolved from German dialects).

8. Dutch is essentially...
http://home.ccil.org/~cowan/essential.html#West_Germanic_low

 

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Portals - Portaalsites:
http://nederlandsetaal.startpagina.nl/ - Huge collection of links related to Dutch (grammar, spelling, dictionaries) [in Dutch]
http://www.leren.nl/rubriek/talen/nederlands/learn_dutch/ - Collection of links to online grammars and courses [in Dutch, English]
http://www.onzetaal.nl/ot/index.php - Magazine about the Dutch language, with tons of links [in Dutch]
http://www.ned.univie.ac.at/links/index.asp - NedWeb Database for Dutch links [in English]
http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/Dutch/Canonisations.html - Collection of links, Leiden University [in Dutch]

General dictionaries - Algemene woordenboeken:
http://www.vandale.nl/opzoeken/woordenboek/ - Monolingual
http://www.woorden-boek.nl/ - Monolingual
http://www.blackorwhite.nl/NLwoordenboek/ - Monolingual
http://dictionaries.travlang.com/ - Dutch- Multilingual dictionaries, from 2,000 to 15,000 terms, depending upon the languages involved (all directions) [in English]
http://www.uitmuntend.de/ - German-Dutch (more than 250.000 entries)
http://ordbok.lagom.nl/ordbok.html - Swedish-Dutch (both directions)
http://www.sil.org/americas/suriname...DictIndex.html - Sranan-Dutch word list (both directions). [in Dutch]
http://www.freedict.com/onldict/dut.html - English-Dutch (both directions)
http://www.majstro.com/Web/Majstro/dict.php?bronTaal=dut&doelTaal=spa&gebrTaal=epo - Dutch-multilingual dictionary (any direction)
http://roepstem.net/snaaks.html - Afrikaans-Dutch (extensive wordlist, both directions) [in Afrikaans, Dutch]
http://home.wxs.nl./~hvhernen/ - Indonesian - Dutch (both directions) [in Dutch and Indonesian]
http://www.interglot.com - Dutch-Multilingual dictionary (any direction)

Specialty dictionaries - Lexica en woordlijsten e.d.:
http://www.vlaamsewoorden.net/ - 'Flemish' - Dutch dictionary. The 'Flemish words' are a random collection of terms taken from several dialects spoken in Flanders.
http://www.rijmwoorden.nl/ - Rhyming dictionary
http://www.paultenhove.nl/ventura/en...ax=list&PSkip= - Dutch, English, French, Indonesian, Spanish, Swahili agricultural word list [in English]
http://taaladvies.net/taal/aardrijkskundige_namen/ - Comprehensive monolingual glossary of names of countries, inhabitants, languages
http://taaladvies.net/taal/advies/term/ - Monolingual list of linguistic terms
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Den/7522/Index.html - List of purisms by the League against Loanwords (De Bond tegen Leenwoorden). Not to be taken too seriously.
http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/ht/Dutch.html - Alternative Dutch dictionary [in English]
http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/NE/lijst.html - Monolingual medical dictionary [in Dutch, English]
http://www.ziekenhuis.nl/index.php?cat=woordenboek - Dutch-English medical dictionary [in Dutch]
http://www.schizofrenieplein.nl/hulp/abc.htm - Monolingual dictionary of psychiatry
http://www.woc.science.ru.nl/ - Monolingual dictionary of organic chemistry
http://www.eddyechternach.nl/english.html - Collection of Dutch proverbs and names of typically Dutch products with English translation
http://home.hccnet.nl/c.phielix/ - Grammatical terms and Dutch pitfalls [in Dutch]
http://fidict.com/ - English-Dutch Financial dictionary (both directions) [in English]
http://www.artagnan.com/nl/wl-menu.asp?page=toerisme - French-Dutch word list of legal terms [in Dutch]
http://www.interglot.com/vertalingen/ - Multilingual

Grammar - Grammatica:
http://oase.uci.kun.nl/~ans/ - The Electronic ANS (Algemene Nederlandse Spraakkunst - General Dutch Grammar), comprehensive [in Dutch]
http://neon.niederlandistik.fu-berlin.de/ - Excellent grammar [in Dutch]
http://web.hengeveld.com/dutch/ - Online (html) grammar book [in English]
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/grammatica/index.htm - Online (html) grammar book, part I [in English]
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutch/grammatica2/index.html - Online (html) grammar book, part II [in English]
http://www.speakdutch.nl/html/sitemap.htm - Online (html) grammar book [in English]
http://www.dutchgrammar.com/ - Grammar, spelling, soundfiles [in English, Spanish, Chinese (trad./simpl.), Serbo-Croatian, Latvian, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Russian]
http://pt.neerlandes.org/gramatica_n...andes_flamengo - Grammar [in Portuguese]
http://www.sprachprofi.de.vu/english/nl.htm - Basic grammar (and extra links) [in English]
http://www.verbix.com/languages/dutch.shtml - Conjugation of verbs [in English]
http://www.uitmuntend.de/ - Tables and schemes [in German]
http://www.nt2examen.nl/ - Grammar pages [in Dutch, basic information in French, English, Chinese, Turkish, Arabic]
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammaire_n%C3%A9erlandaise - Wiki grammar pages [in French]

Exercises - Oefeningen:
http://members.lycos.nl/mbc/nedlokgrammatica.html - Grammar and exercises [in Dutch]
http://www.ilv.ucl.ac.be/gramlink-nl/index.htm - Grammar and vocabulary exercises [in French, Dutch]
http://users.skynet.be/pitsite/spraakkunst/accueil.html - Grammar [in French]
http://lang.neerlandais.free.fr/ - Very basic grammar and vocabulary [in French]
http://www.cambiumned.nl/extraoefbrugklas.htm - Exercises [in Dutch]
http://hotpot.klascement.net/ne.htm - Exercises [in Dutch]
http://www.snt-brugge.be/orientering/talen/index.htm - Exercises [in Dutch]
http://www.onlineklas.nl/wwoefenen/ - Exercises [in Dutch]
http://www.eoidiomas.com/idiomas/neerlandes.html - Exercises [in Spanish]
http://www.sapiens.ya.com/hupholland/0.htm - Exercises [in Spanish, Dutch]
http://www.digischool.nl/ne/nt2/onregelm.htm - Exercises on the irregular verbs [in Dutch]
http://claweb.cla.unipd.it/home/mmertens/2002/argom.htm - Exercises on prepositional phrases [in Dutch, Italian]
http://www.projectx2002.org/Nederlan...elling2004.htm - Exercises for advanced learners [in Dutch]
http://www.udi.hec.ulg.ac.be/cours/webpagina/index.html - Exercises [in Dutch]
http://home.planet.nl/~leend748/index.htm - Rather random collection of exercises [in Dutch]
http://www.goethe-verlag.com/tests/SN/SN.HTM - Exercises [in Spanish, Dutch, German]
http://www.goethe-verlag.com/tests/PN/PN.HTM - Exercises [in Portuguese, Dutch, German]
http://www.dutchtoday.com/ - Exercises (grammar, vocabulary) [in English]
http://www.dialang.org/intro.htm - Diagnostic exercises (to be downloaded) [in Dutch]

Contrastive grammars - Contrastieve grammatica's:
http://www.uitmuntend.de/ - Differences and similies between the German and Dutch languages [in German]
http://neon.niederlandistik.fu-berlin.de/ - Excellent grammar as such, with (German) contrastive elements [in Dutch]
http://wwwling.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/NGF_N/NGF_NL.htm - Dutch contrastive grammar for francophones [alas, written in ... Dutch!]

Online courses - Online cursussen:
http://www.taalthuis.com/course/index.htm - Very well structured beginner and intermediate courses with audio [in English]
http://www.learndutch.org/Lesson1/LearnDutch.html - Very extensive course [in English]
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Dutch/Contents - Wiki-course [in English]
http://www.ned.univie.ac.at/non/welkom/ - Course and grammar [in German]
http://www.geocities.com/athens/2282/holl.html - Голландский язык [in Russian]
http://www.praktijkonderwijs.com/~ehl/nederlandse_taal.htm - Rather random collection of vocabulary and grammar exercises [in Dutch]
http://mediatheek.thinkquest.nl/~kl044/ - Course for kids [in Dutch]
http://www.forbeginners.info/dutch/ - Very basic introduction [in English]
http://www.linguanet-europa.org/plus/welcome.htm - Courses by the European Community (free, but some parts require registration) [multilingual]

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Spelling - Spelling:
http://taalunieversum.org/ - Official site of the Dutch-Flemish "Language Union" (Nederlandse Taalunie), the official body which regulates the spelling of Dutch [in Dutch, additional information in English]
http://woordenlijst.org/ - Offical spelling guide: monolingual wordlist and spelling rules, Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal (Het Groene Boekje)

Advice about proper Standard Dutch - Taaladvies:
http://taaladvies.net/ - Advice about 'correct' language use
http://vrttaal.net/taaldatabanken_ma...een/home.shtml - Advice about 'correct' language use

Standard Dutch audio samples - Voorbeelden van gesproken standaardtaal:
http://www.nos.nl/nos/voorpagina/ - Standard Dutch as spoken in the Netherlands (Nederlandse Omroepstichting, Dutch Broadcasting Company)
http://www.radio1.be/radio1_master/h...io1/index.html - Standard Dutch as spoken in Flanders (Radio 1, Flemish radio channel)

Pronunciation - Uitspraak:
http://www.languagetrav.com/dutch/pron.html - With sound files [in English]
http://static.unilang.org/resources/...unciation.html - With soundfiles (including a zip-file) [in English]
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/sampa/dutch.htm - SAMPA-notation for Dutch (Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet) [in English]
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klankin...het_Nederlands - Wiki-article on the the Dutch sounds (+IPA and ASCII notation) [in Dutch]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_phonology - See previous link [in English]
http://cf.hum.uva.nl/poldernederland...aaknormen.html - Article about pronunciation in the Netherlands and Flanders [in Dutch]
http://www.cnts.ua.ac.be/Publication...kelL99VNC7.pdf - Article (pdf) about pronunciation in the Netherlands and Flanders [in Dutch]
http://cf.hum.uva.nl/poldernederland...aaknormen.html - Article about pronunciation in the Netherlands and Flanders [in Dutch]
http://demo.acapela-group.com/ - Quite elaborate demo version of a commercial program. Contains standard Dutch sound samples (both form Flanders and the Netherlands)

Information for Dutch Second Language students in Belgium or the Netherlands - Info voor studenten NT2:
http://www.nt2.be/startpagina - Information for Dutch Second Language students in Belgium [in Dutch, English]

Other resources - andere bronnen:
http://www.neder-l.nl/ - The online magazine for Dutch studies [in Dutch]
http://www.ned.univie.ac.at/publicat...lgeschiedenis/ - History of Dutch [in Dutch, English, German]
http://www.meertens.nl - Collection of databanks (a.o. a "talking map of the Netherlands") [in Dutch]
http://www.meertens.nl/books/winkler/ - The Bible story of the Lost Son translated into 82 (!) Dutch (and Frisian) dialects
http://www.onzetaal.nl/ot/index.php - Magazine about the Dutch language, with tons of links.
http://fuzzy.arts.kuleuven.be/rewo/ - Portal for Dutch dialectology studies
http://www.euro-support.be/langbel/langbel.htm - Portal for Dutch dialects [in English]
http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/teksttaal.php - Collection of (old, historical) books on the Dutch language
http://wwwhein.uni-muenster.de/ - Website of Die Fachvereinigung Niederländisch, lots of links and referrences to (offline) Dutch language resources, grammars, manuals, ... (a.k.a. books) [in German]
http://www.ivnnl.com/ - International organisation for Dutch studies [in Dutch]
http://bop.vgc.be/tijdschriften/wablieft/ - Weekly newspaper in simplified Dutch
http://www.taalbank.nl/index.htm - Interesting weblog about language change and 'new words'
http://www.vvzc.be/links.html - Vlaamse Vereniging voor Zakelijke Communicatie (Flemish Organisation for Business Communication)

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