[DOC] [TLE] Dutch language - Wikipedia [PAR] Dutch is a West Germanic language that is spoken in the European Union by 
about 23 million ... Old Dutch developed from Frankish, as it was spoken by the 
Salian Franks in the fifth .... A notable exception is the Bergakker inscription, 
found near the Dutch city of Tiel, ..... The IJssel roughly forms the linguistic 
watershed here. [DOC] [TLE] Dutch dialects - Wikipedia [PAR] Dutch dialects are primarily the dialects that are both cognate with the Dutch 
language and are spoken in the same language area as the Dutch standard 
language. ... A (West) Frisian standard language has also been developed. ... In 
Holland, Hollandic is spoken, though the original forms of this dialect (which were 
heavily... [DOC] [TLE] Holland - Wikipedia [PAR] Holland is a region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. 
The name ... In Dutch, the Dutch word "Hollands" is the adjectival form for "
Holland". The Dutch ... Republic. The dialect of urban Holland became the 
standard language. ... Amsterdam is formally the capital of the Netherlands and 
its largest city. [DOC] [TLE] Catalan language - Wikipedia [PAR] Catalan is a Romance language named after Catalonia, in northeastern Spain 
and adjoining ... It is also spoken with no official recognition in parts of the 
Spanish ... Catalan shares many traits with its neighboring Romance languages. 
...... the standards of Valencia and the Balearics admit alternative forms, mostly 
traditional... [DOC] [TLE] Tajik language - Wikipedia [PAR] Tajik or Tajiki (Tajik:  , [zabni tdiki], also called Tajiki 
Persian ... The standard language is based on the northwestern dialects of Tajik (
region of old major city of Samarqand), which ..... into the Persian forms spoken in 
Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan) developed in Transoxiana and Khorasan,... [DOC] [TLE] Urk - Wikipedia [PAR] Urk is a municipality and a town in the Flevoland province in the central 
Netherlands. Urk is first ... Later in the 20th century, seabed areas surrounding 
Urk were reclaimed .... of the oldest and most distinctive dialects of Dutch is the 
language spoken in ... Just as for standard Dutch, French words often changed 
form when... [DOC] [TLE] A Brief History of the Dutch Language - The Low Countries - dbnl [PAR] Compared with most of the world's languages the history of Dutch is very well ... 
Dutch is spoken in both Belgium and the Netherlands. .... a great stream of 
emigrants from the south, especially to the cities of Holland (Amsterdam, Haarlem
, Leiden etc.) ... From the seventeenth century onwards the standard language 
has been... [DOC] [TLE] Bruce Donaldson, Dutch. A linguistic history of Holland and Belgium ... [PAR] In time the language of the upper classes of the cities of Holland was to grow ... of 
Amsterdam but even he shows a clear preference for northern forms in his later 
works. ... a standard written Dutch, often advocated forms for the written language 
which had either never existed or no longer existed in the spoken language. [DOC] [TLE] Facts & Figures - Holland.com [PAR] Official languages: Dutch, Frisian (only spoken in Friesland). Type of government: 
Constitutional monarchy - parliamentary democracy ... total population live in the 
Randstad, the agglomeration of the cities of Amsterdam, ... of the Netherlands, 
people often speak a dialect besides Standard Dutch. ... Search Hotels in 
Holland. [DOC] [TLE] Language Matters | About Belgium | Beer Tourism [PAR] Dutch is the most widely spoken language with 6.1 million native speakers, ... 
and there are plenty of translation facilities to help people near the language 
borders. ... rise in prosperity of cities like Amsterdam, Hollandic Dutch began to 
compete ... spoken in northern France but is quite a long way from the standard 
French... [DOC] [TLE] People and words  Ben Braber [PAR] The use of like as an adverb in spoken language is fascinating. .... Jews in the 
Netherlands maintained and further developed Jewish identities in ... 
Traditionally, the Jews of Amsterdam lived in and near a quarter on the east side 
of the city centre. ... rather than covert prestige (in the

Question: The standard form of this language developed from that spoken in Amsterdam & nearby cities
Answer: Dutch