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- proper noun A contemporary dialect of the
Dutch language. - proper noun A regional dialect of
Middle Dutch .
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Examples
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They might have been genuine descendants of the inhabitants of that Hollandic town of Broeck, celebrated by Washington Irving, where the cows 'tails are kept tied up with unsullied blue ribbons, and the ends of the firewood are painted white.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 Various
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My parents 'folks mostly farmers and sailors -- on my father's side, of English -- on my mother's, (Van Velsor's) from Hollandic immigration.
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My parents 'folks mostly farmers and sailors -- on my father's side, of English -- on my mother's, (Van Velsor's) from Hollandic immigration.
Good-Bye my Fancy ; from Complete Poetry and Collected Prose 1855
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English -- on my mother's (Van Velsor's), from Hollandic immigration.
Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Walt Whitman 1855
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'' 'Afrikaans' '' is the language of the Afrikaners (and Cape Coloureds) of [[South Africa]], who form about 56% of that country's white population derived from the South-Hollandic dialect of [[Dutch language | Dutch]], brought to southern Africa in the 17th century In 1925, when Afrikaans replaced Dutch as one of the official languages of South Africa, a spelling system drafted by Roeland Anthonie Kollewijn was immediately adopted.
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