A Standard Language Is a Dialect With an Army
Have you ever heard of “suburban Flemish” and “Polderdutch”? Editor-in-chief Luc Devoldere about the tension between dying dialects, weird "in-between-languages" and overpowering standard languages.
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High Road to Culture in Flanders and the Netherlands
Have you ever heard of “suburban Flemish” and “Polderdutch”? Editor-in-chief Luc Devoldere about the tension between dying dialects, weird "in-between-languages" and overpowering standard languages.
Discover the fascinating history and impact of the Dutch language all around the world.
If you’re not Dutch, you’re not much. Does that vision correspond with how other people view the inhabitants of the Low Countries and their language? Or is the picture more nuanced?
Linguist Fieke Van der Gucht attempts to disentangle the issue.
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Luc Devoldere states that we have no choice in Europe, but to become as multilingual as possible.