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Jersey Dutch (Dutch: Laag Duits) , [2] [3] [4] also known as Bergen Dutch, [5] was a Dutch dialect formerly spoken in northeastern New Jersey from the late 17th ...
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Map of New Netherland by Nicolaes Visscher (1685), including many place names in the Dutch colony. ... Bergen: Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen Hill, Bergen Hill, ...
Dutch continued to be spoken in the region for some time. President Martin Van Buren grew up in Kinderhook, New York speaking only Dutch, becoming the only president not to have spoken English as a first language. [88] A dialect known as Jersey Dutch was spoken in and around rural Bergen and Passaic counties in New Jersey until the early 20th ...
Jersey Dutch was spoken in the region until the 20th century. Many rivers in the region bear names based in their Lenape appellation. Map c.1634, Early names for Bergen were Oesters Eylandt (Oyster Island) and Achter Kol. The three structures likely represented Communipaw, Paulus Hook, and Harsimus.
Arnhem Land, AUS; Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve, Eastern Cape, ZA; Bergen County, New Jersey, USA; Nassau County, New York, USA; Mount Wilhelmina, former name of Puncak ...
Jersey Dutch was a variant of the Dutch language spoken in and around Bergen and Passaic counties until the early 20th century. [citation needed] The region abounds in place names often taken from Dutch surnames or geographical references, with Paulus Hook a combination of both.
Sutphin Boulevard, Queens, New York, named after the settlers family Van Sutphin or Van Sutphen, referring to their origins from the Dutch town and county of Zutphen, a hanseatic town, one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands. ‘Zutphen’ meaning ‘south fen (marsh land)’.