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The term Flemish itself has become ambiguous. Nowadays, it is used in at least five ways, depending on the context. These include: An indication of Dutch written and spoken in Flanders including the Dutch standard language as well as the non-standardized dialects, including intermediate forms between vernacular dialects and the standard.
This is an incomplete list of Dutch expressions used in English; some are relatively common (e.g. cookie), some are comparatively rare.In a survey by Joseph M. Williams in Origins of the English Language it is estimated that about 1% of English words are of Dutch origin.
Vlaams Woordenboek (Flemish Dictionary) [ edit ] In September 2007, Liekens launched Vlaams Woordenboek, [ 6 ] a website with the aim of establishing an online Flemish dialectal dictionary.
Anglic, [7] [8] Insular Germanic, or English languages [9] [10] and dialects encompass Old English and all the linguistic varieties descended from it. These include Middle English , Early Modern English , and Late Modern English ; Early Scots , Middle Scots , and Modern Scots ; and the extinct Fingallian and Yola languages in Ireland .
Frisian is the language most closely related to English and Scots, but after at least five hundred years of being subject to the influence of Dutch, modern Frisian in some aspects bears a greater similarity to Dutch than to English; one must also take into account the centuries-long drift of English away from Frisian.
Flemish people also emigrated at the end of the fifteenth century, when Flemish traders conducted intensive trade with Spain and Portugal, and from there moved to colonies in America and Africa. [28] The newly discovered Azores were populated by 2,000 Flemish people from 1460 onwards, making these volcanic islands known as the "Flemish Islands".
Flemish may refer to: Flemish, adjective for Flanders, Belgium; Flemish region, one of the three regions of Belgium; Flemish Community, one of the three constitutionally defined language communities of Belgium; Flemish dialects, a Dutch dialect cluster spoken in Flanders; Flemish people or Flemings, inhabitants of Flanders
In Yale Studies in English, [380] Volume 10 (1901). The early lives of Dante (1904). [504] Translated by English economist and medievalist Philip Henry Wicksteed (1844–1927), [505] derived from the translation of J. R. Smith. Brunschwig, Hieronymus. Hieronymus Brunschwig (c. 1450 – c. 1512) was a German surgeon, alchemist and botanist. He ...