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June 24

Name of a language

Why is Dutch, as opposed to Netherlandic, the standard name of the language of the Netherlands?? Georgia guy (talk) 15:02, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

"Dutch" is an anglization of "Deutsch" or something like that, i.e., German. Netherlandic is a Germanic language related to Plattdeutsch ("Low German") and, as I understand it, "Dutch" is based on what the residents of the Netherlands called their language, at least historically. Similarly, "Pennsylvania Dutch" is a dialect of German spoken by German immigrants to the US. - Donald Albury 16:03, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

(ec)Does Dutch language#Name not explain the history of the name sufficiently? Rojomoke (talk) 16:06, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

I see I should have searched WP for longer. - Donald Albury 16:43, 24 June 2018 (UTC)