Different Name for Dutch Language?
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Batavian?
Then again, Latin names for Germanic/Celtic peoples never really stuck, outside of the Belgae.
Then again, Latin names for Germanic/Celtic peoples never really stuck, outside of the Belgae.
the early name for it would be Diets
So Diets or Netherdiets is possible
hollandic is fairly regional as language, so a host of different names could come into play if history goes different, maybe even Lotharingian (even though that originally is another language, but the area could give name to the standard language)
is that the language the speak in alankomaat?
So Diets or Netherdiets is possible
Hollandic seems quiet reasonable name.
Small fun fact: Dutch language is in Finnish hollannin kieli.
hollandic is fairly regional as language, so a host of different names could come into play if history goes different, maybe even Lotharingian (even though that originally is another language, but the area could give name to the standard language)
is that the language the speak in alankomaat?
If the Netherlands never united into an independent country, it could be still considered just a part of Germany, so there would be no standard Dutch and the languages there would be called Northeast German.
Maybe Netherlandic in official English, like OTL Niederländisch is the official name in German (Holländisch/Niederländisch is like Holland/the Netherlands, a Pars Pro Toto). It could still exist alongside Hollandic, Holländisch.
Assuming that Holland is still as dominant in the Netherlands as in OTL, then Hollandish/Hollandic sounds the most likely. In English, at least.
That too. The Dutch dialects would be considered just another non-Hochdeutsch speaking region and Dutch would be considered by most people as a dialect of German.
That too. The Dutch dialects would be considered just another non-Hochdeutsch speaking region and Dutch would be considered by most people as a dialect of German.
It could, but the big Saxon bits of the Netherlands are in the less populous east. Frankish or Frisian are more fitting old Germanic tribal names, though I suppose Frankish is out as being too similar to French.
Why would Frankish be out? It was the largest Germanic tribal group out of the Franks, Frisians and Saxons in the Low Countries, let's not forget our Belgian and/or Flemish linguistic brethren.
Because Frankish and French are the same word, as I said. It's complicated for English speakers to distinguish Frankish and French all the time when referring to their two biggest interactors in Europe.
And, for that matter, the Dutch themselves have to deal with French a lot.
