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=== Language Aids === | === Language Aids === | ||
On the following Internet address [http://gtb.inl.nl/ Integrated Language Bank] you can find: a modern Dutch dictionary, old, early | On the following Internet address [http://gtb.inl.nl/ Integrated Language Bank] you can find: a modern Dutch dictionary, old, early Middle Ages and later Middle Ages Dutch dictionaries and a Frisian dictionary. | ||
The Family History Library has genealogical word lists for Dutch, [[French Wordlist|French]], [[German Word List|German]], [[Latin Genealogical Word List|Latin]], and [[Portuguese Genealogical Word List|Portuguese]]. The Dutch Word list is found below at the end of this section. | The Family History Library has genealogical word lists for Dutch, [[French Wordlist|French]], [[German Word List|German]], [[Latin Genealogical Word List|Latin]], and [[Portuguese Genealogical Word List|Portuguese]]. The Dutch Word list is found below at the end of this section. | ||
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=== LANGUAGE CHARACTERISTICS === | === LANGUAGE CHARACTERISTICS === | ||
Dutch, along with German, English, Frisian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, and Afrikaans, is a Germanic language. It is very closely related to the dialects of northern Germany known as [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Low_German_Language_in_German_Research Low German]. Indeed, the traditional dialects along the Dutch-German border are virtually the same. You may want to read about the linguistic situation in the [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Languages_in_the_Lower_Rhine_Area_of_Germany lower Rhine ]area or about [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Spelling_Variants_in_the_Northern_Rheinland spelling variations] there. | |||
Dutch words for nouns (persons, places, and things) are classified as either common or neuter. | Dutch words for nouns (persons, places, and things) are classified as either common or neuter. | ||
[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Spelling_Variations_in_Dutch_Documents '''Variant Forms of Words'''] | [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Spelling_Variations_in_Dutch_Documents '''Variant Forms of Words'''] | ||
In Dutch, as in English, the forms of some words will vary according to how they are used in a sentence. Who—whose—whom, or marry—marries—married are examples of words in English with variant forms. This word list gives the standard form of each Dutch word. As you read Dutch records, you will need to be aware that some words vary with usage. | In Dutch, as in English, the forms of some words will vary according to how they are used in a sentence. Who—whose—whom, or marry—marries—married are examples of words in English with variant forms. This word list gives the standard form of each Dutch word. As you read Dutch records, you will need to be aware that some words vary with usage. | ||