Middle Dutch
West Germanic language of the High and Late Middle Ages / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Middle Dutch is a collective name for a number of closely related West Germanic dialects whose ancestor was Old Dutch. It was spoken and written between 1150 and 1500. Until the advent of Modern Dutch after 1500 or c. 1550,[2] there was no overarching standard language, but all dialects were mutually intelligible. During that period, a rich Medieval Dutch literature developed, which had not yet existed during Old Dutch. The various literary works of the time are often very readable for speakers of Modern Dutch since Dutch is a rather conservative language.[citation needed]
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Middle Dutch | |
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dietsc, duutsch | |
Region | The Low Countries |
Era | developed into modern Dutch around 1500 or c. 1550[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | dum |
ISO 639-3 | dum |
Glottolog | midd1321 |
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