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	Dutch language
		The Zeeuws of most of Zeeland is closer to Flemish dialects than to standard Dutch, and the similar Zeeuws of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen is not Dutch at all but rather a form of West Flemish.
		Some dialects such as Limburgs and several Low Saxon -influenced dialects are sometimes elevated to the status of streektaal (area language), and then discussed as separate languages.
		In addition to the many dialects of the Dutch language many provinces and larger cities have their own accents, which sometimes are also called dialects.
	www.nebulasearch.com /encyclopedia/article/Dutch_language.html (1975 words)

	Dutch language Article, Dutchlanguage Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		An oddity of West-Vlaams (and to a lesser extent, Oost-Vlaams) is that the pronunciation ofthe "soft g" sound (the voiced velar fricative) isalmost identical to that of the "h" sound (the voicedglottal fricative).
		Afrikaans, a language spoken in South Africa and Namibia, is derived primarily from 16th century Dutch dialects, and a great deal of mutual intelligibility stillexists.
		Amsterdams dialect is different fromstandard Dutch in that [z] is replaced by [s] in nearly all cases.
	www.anoca.org /english/dialects/dutch_language.html (2293 words)

	Dutch language - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Instead there were various Germanic dialects spoken in the region, mostly of (Low) Frankian origin.
		Around 1600, a unified language was created to make the first Dutch bible translation, consisting of elements from various dialects, but mostly based on the dialects from Holland.
		For reasons of political correctness, the terms Algemeen Nederlands (general Dutch) and Standaardnederlands (standard Dutch) are also used; Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands could be interpreted as 'the Dutch that is spoken by civilized people', which would suggest that people speaking variants of the standard language are not civilized.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Dutch_language (1177 words)

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