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Dutch immigrants also exported the Dutch language. Dutch was spoken by some settlers in the United States as a native language from the arrival of the first permanent Dutch settlers in 1615, surviving in isolated ethnic pockets until about 1900, when it ceased to be spoken except by first generation Dutch immigrants.
However, both Dutch Low Saxon and Limburgish spread across the Dutch-German border and belong to a common Dutch-Low German dialect continuum. There is a tradition of learning foreign languages in the Netherlands: about 89% of the total population have a good knowledge of English , 70% of German , 29% of French and 5% of Spanish .
Addressing the Dutch in their native language may result in a reply in English.This phenomenon is humorously discussed in White and Boucke’s The UnDutchables: . If you take a course in the Dutch language and finally progress enough to dare to utter some sentences in public, the persons you speak to will inevitably answer you in what they detect to be your native tongue.
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Pages in category "English people of Dutch descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 220 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Dutch people of English descent" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Pages in category "Cultural depictions of Dutch people" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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