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| | Encyclopedia: Dutch language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | In Middle Dutch, the lengthening of the vowels was frequently indicated by e (before r sometimes by i, as in air); hence ml for d, oe for. |
 | | Dutch is spoken in the Netherlands, the northern half of Belgium (Flanders, including Belgium's capital Brussels), the northernmost part of France, the Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Suriname and amongst certain groups in Indonesia. |
 | | Algemeen Nederlands (meaning 'general Dutch', abbreviated to AN) is the official Dutch language, the standard language as taught in schools and used by authorities in the Netherlands, Flanders (Belgium), Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles. |
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